Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Leftover Ham Soup with Lentils Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup includes super yummy leftovers from the Riesling-Peach Glazed Ham and makes a hearty, healthy, and tasty dinner! Add your delicious veggie mixture to a crock pot or large soup pot. Add the reserved lentil water until everything looks a bit too runny. Add cumin and garam masala, if using, and salt and pepper.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

Or make this easy No-Knead Garlic Rosemary Bread and spread it with butter before sopping up the thick broth. An Italian Lentil soup is healthy and hearty! My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter ham. It melts in creating a bowl of heaven.

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!

My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter ham. It melts in creating a bowl of heaven. Your family will love this classic, slow-simmered lentil soup. Hearty and filling, it gets flavor and texture from carrots, celery, and onions, while meaty cubes of leftover ham or ham hock add a smokey profile. Our easy-to-make homemade croutons are a great way of repurposing stale bread, and they add creaminess and crunch to the soup.

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