Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 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:
- {Take of Base.
- {Get of Hunk of butter (or oil).
- {Take of onion, diced.
- {Make ready of garlic.
- {Make ready of carrots.
- {Get of flour.
- {Make ready of wine.
- {Get of stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work).
- {Make ready of Bouquet Garni (herb bundle).
- {Take of Cheesecloth.
- {Get of Butcher’s twine.
- {Get of cinnamon stick.
- {Get of bay leaves, broken.
- {Get of allspice.
- {Prepare of star anise.
- {Make ready of cloves.
- {Make ready of black peppercorns.
- {Take of fenugreek.
- {Make ready of dried chili pepper.
- {Take of thyme.
- {Prepare of The Soup.
- {Make ready of dry lentils (green or yellow).
- {Make ready of Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced.
- {Take of cumin (optional).
- {Prepare of garam masala (optional).
- {Take of Salt and pepper.
- {Prepare of Garnish.
- {Take of Chopped fresh cilantro.
- {Take of Sour cream.
- {Make ready of Croutons.
Instructions 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!.
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