Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Ham bone from Riesling-Peach Glazed Ham; Ham cut into chunks; Carrots; Celery; Green onions; Lentils; White beans; Diced tomatoes; Garlic salt; Onion salt; Ground cumin; Bay leaves; Thyme; Red pepper flakes; Salt & pepper; While there are many different varieties of lentils. The kind that I use most often in this ham soup recipe is brown lentils. In a Dutch oven, bring ham bone and water to a boil.

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

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. In a soup pot, sauté onion and garlic. Add the rest of the ingredients (per recipe below).

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!

Simmer until lentils are soft, but still, hold their shape (don't overcook or you'll lose the broth and your soup will turn into a thick mush). Turn off heat and remove ham bone from soup. Cut ham from the bone, cube the meat, and return meat to soup, discarding the bone. The hearty soup includes carrots, celery, and onions, along with basic seasonings. A leftover meaty ham bone or ham hock flavors this tasty lentil soup.

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