Steps to Prepare Ultimate Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:

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

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!

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