Hearty lentil and ham soup
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leftover smoked ham bone or 2 smoked ham | |
| ; hocks | ||
| 1 | pounds | Lentils; (about 2 1/2 cups), |
| ; picked over and | ||
| ; rinsed | ||
| ½ | pounds | Mushrooms; chopped (about 3 |
| ; 1/2 cups) | ||
| 3 | Onions; chopped coarse | |
| 1 | cup | Chopped carrot |
| 1 | cup | Chopped celery |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 3½ | cup | Beef broth |
| 8 | cups | Water |
Directions
In a 6- to 8-quart kettle combine all ingredients and simmer soup, covered partially, stirring occasionally, 1½ hours. Discard bay leaf and cinnamon stick and remove meat from bone or hocks. Chop meat and stir into soup.
Makes about 3 ½ quarts.
Gourmet January 1994
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