Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Make ready Base
- Get Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Take 1 onion, diced
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic
- Get 3 carrots
- Prepare 1 tsp flour
- Make ready Splash wine
- Get 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Take Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Prepare Cheesecloth
- Make ready Butcher’s twine
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Take 2 star anise
- Make ready 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Prepare 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
- Take 1 tsp thyme
- Prepare The Soup
- Get 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Prepare 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Get Salt and pepper
- Get Garnish
- Make ready Chopped fresh cilantro
- Take Sour cream
- Make ready Croutons
The tender lentils and hearty cubes of leftover ham are filling enough that the men in the family will love it. Serve Crock Pot Ham and Lentils Soup with, homemade biscuits, a loaf of homemade Italian bread. Or make this easy No-Knead Garlic Rosemary Bread and spread it with butter before sopping up the thick broth. Your family will love this classic, slow-simmered lentil soup.
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!
Or make this easy No-Knead Garlic Rosemary Bread and spread it with butter before sopping up the thick broth. 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. Whether you are using a ham hock or some leftover cooked ham, you can add that flavor to the lentil soup and be guaranteed that it will come out beautifully.
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