Lentil Soup with Ham

Name: Lentil Soup with Ham
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 2 cups dried brown, lentils, rinsed and picked over; 2 , carrots, peeled and chopped; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 cup, white wine; 7 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh thyme; 1 , bay leaf; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; , ham bone, discarded; 2 cups, ham, leftover; 1/2 pound, kale, stemmed and leaves chopped

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2011

Main Courses

Beans

Pork

As any good cook knows, when life hands you ham bones, you make soup.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To enhance the flavor of our Lentil Soup with Ham, we used chicken broth instead of water because the ham bone simply did not have enough time to give up all of its flavor to the quick-cooking lentils. Sautéing the lentils right in with the...

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