Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

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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! It's of Hunk of butter (or oil). In a Dutch oven, bring ham bone and water to a boil. How to make Ham and Lentil Soup in a slow cooker: Heat olive oil in a pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering.

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

My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter ham. The lentil soup by itself is delicious and filling, serving all the goodness of lentils in a bowl: high fiber, high protein, and high folate and iron  . For meat lovers, add extra diced leftover ham, sliced smoked sausage, or diced cooked bacon in addition to or in place of the ham. Ham and lentil soup is great for lunch or as a comforting, warming snack.

Instructions 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!

For meat lovers, add extra diced leftover ham, sliced smoked sausage, or diced cooked bacon in addition to or in place of the ham. Ham and lentil soup is great for lunch or as a comforting, warming snack. 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. 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.

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