Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a simple dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something which 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. I love Easter leftovers almost as much as the original meal- especially if we're talking about ham.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Prepare Base
- Take Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Take 3 cloves garlic
- Take 3 carrots
- Take 1 tsp flour
- Make ready Splash wine
- Get 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Make ready Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Prepare Cheesecloth
- Prepare Butcher’s twine
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 2 bay leaves, broken
- Prepare 2 allspice
- Take 2 star anise
- Prepare 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Get 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp thyme
- Take The Soup
- Make ready 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Prepare 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Take Salt and pepper
- Get Garnish
- Take Chopped fresh cilantro
- Get Sour cream
- Get Croutons
A leftover meaty ham bone or ham hock flavors this tasty lentil soup. It makes an excellent lunch when the soup is with a sandwich or salad (or just For a heartier dinner soup, add some extra diced leftover ham along with the ham bone or ham hock. Cooked sliced smoked sausage or diced cooked. Lentil soup on its own can seem bland and boring.
Steps to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Garnish and serve!
But, add in some delicious veggies and leftover ham chunks, and you've got yourself an irresistible soup that every member of your family will love! Whenever we cook up a ham for dinner, we use this amazing Riesling Peach Glazed Ham recipe. One of my family's go-to recipes for using leftover Christmas ham. Like this Ham & Green Lentil Soup recipe? You'll find many more delicious soup ideas in our Soups Category and lots more leftover ideas in our Leftover Recipes Category.
So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food leftover ham and lentil soup recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
