Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup. Lentil Soup is definitely a classic dish in our home. As a staple in Italian cuisine, and of the Cucina Povera, (poor man's food or peasant food) - lentils. Lentil soup on its own can seem bland and boring.

A leftover meaty ham bone or ham hock flavors this tasty lentil soup. It makes an excellent lunch when the soup is with a sandwich or salad (or just For a heartier dinner soup, add some extra diced leftover ham along with the ham bone or ham hock. Cooked sliced smoked sausage or diced cooked. You can cook Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

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

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Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup step by step

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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