Step-by-Step Guide to Make Ultimate Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:

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

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!

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