Hearty Lentil Soup with Ham

Title:
Hearty Lentil Soup with Ham

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cooking




Ingredients:





     1    Smoked ham hock


     1 lb Brown or green lentils,


          -picked over and rinsed


     3 c  Sliced mushrooms


     1 lg Onion, chopped


     1    Garlic clove, minced


     3    Carrots, chopped


     3    Ribs celery, chopped


     1 ts Dried thyme


     1    Bay leaf


     4 c  Chicken broth


     8 c  Water


          Salt and pepper


     3 tb Chopped fresh parsley






 In a large pot combine all of the ingredients and bring soup to a boil over


 moderately high heat. Reduce heat and simmer soup, partially covered, for
1


 hour. Remove ham hock from soup, remove meat from bone and shred or dice


 ham. Stir ham into soup and continue to simmer for another 20 minutes.


 Taste soup and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir in parsley and


 serve hot.


 


 Yield: 12 cups


 


 NOTES : Cooking Live Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8825


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #492 by Angele Freeman 


 on Mar 2, 1997.