Simple Way to Make Perfect Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

Lentil Soup is definitely a classic dish in our home. As a staple in Italian cuisine, and of the Cucina Povera, (poor man's food or peasant food) - lentils. This classic, slow-simmered lentil soup is seasoned with ham and vegetables. The soup is a quick and easy preparation you'll love.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:

1. Take Base
2. Take Hunk of butter (or oil)
3. Take 1 onion, diced
4. Get 3 cloves garlic
5. Get 3 carrots
6. Take 1 tsp flour
7. Get Splash wine
8. Take 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
9. Get Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
10. Make ready Cheesecloth
11. Take Butcher’s twine
12. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
13. Make ready 2 bay leaves, broken
14. Take 2 allspice
15. Make ready 2 star anise
16. Make ready 4 cloves
17. Make ready 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
18. Prepare 1/2 tsp fenugreek
19. Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
20. Make ready 1 tsp thyme
21. Prepare The Soup
22. Take 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
23. Make ready 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
24. Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
25. Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
26. Take Salt and pepper
27. Make ready Garnish
28. Get Chopped fresh cilantro
29. Prepare Sour cream
30. Make ready Croutons

Cured Pork Shoulder and Lentils - from Chocolate and Zucchini. I also add rice (any kind, but the short sweet brown rice is great) or barley. This easy slow cooker soup recipe is an ideal way to use up leftover ham from a big holiday meal. The lentils and tomatoes make it a very hearty and nutritious soup.

Steps to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:

1. Cook your lentils. Wash dry lentils thoroughly (all sorts of weird stuff turns up in dry lentils, I found a piece of wood in mine). Add to a large pot of boiling water, boil for half an hour and drain, reserving water.
2. Make your herb bundle. Double layer a square of cheesecloth. Lay all the things you don’t want to chew in the middle. Bundle it up, tying with butcher’s twine. Do not make my mistake and include veggie stalks - I thought it would be an easy way to impart more flavour, but forgot they would expand and stretch out the cheesecloth.
3. Make your base. Melt some butter; sauté onions, carrots, etc. until soft. Add the herb bundle, push it around for a bit, then toss it in the soup pot. Add minced garlic, cooking briefly. Add flour and cook until nutty. Splash in the wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to get the good bits while letting the alcohol evaporate. Slowly incorporate stock.
4. Amass the soup! Add your delicious veggie mixture to a crock pot or large soup pot. Add the cooked lentils. Add the reserved lentil water until everything looks a bit too runny. Add cumin and garam masala, if using, and salt and pepper. Cook on low for as long as you’ve got (1-3h) on low heat.
5. Get some texture. Dig out the herb bundle and 2 cups of soup. Purée the rest with a hand blender. Return veggies. Fry ham (with basting sauce, if you still have it) and add.
6. Garnish and serve!

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