Recipe of Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup in 15 Minutes for Family

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Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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.

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

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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!

Ham and Lentil Soup - from Andrea Meyers. Colombian Lentils and Pork Stew - from My Colombian Recipes. Cured Pork Shoulder and Lentils - from Chocolate and Zucchini. I also add rice (any kind, but the short sweet brown rice is great) or barley. This easy slow cooker soup recipe is an ideal way to use up leftover ham from a big holiday meal.

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