A lot of you may have a ham bone come Monday morning - and after day two sandwiches, what to do on day three??
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| MISE EN PLACE |
You do have to plan a little ahead because the beans have to soak over night - after that, it's easy peasy.
- Beans
- Spice/Herbs ( really up to you ....)
- Ham Bone
- Onion
- Garlic
- Carrots
- Celery
Here is what is a little bit different about making this soup. You start off by making a Ham Stock!
Which really does make all the difference. I used to just dump it all in the pot and let it go, this way has much more flavor.
In your stock pot, Onion, Carrots, Celery, Garlic - what every you have or like. I added a few fennel seeds black pepper and thyme.. DO NOT SALT ANYTHING until the very end - Your ham bone is salty enough. Cover in water, bring to boil , down to a simmer and walk away.
A couple of hours later you have a really nice ham stock - if this soup is not to your liking, use this broth for anything really.
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| DRAIN |
Keep the bone out - and clean off all the meat - if you like put the cleaned bone back in the stock for a while
In the same pot ( stock in something else, but it does not matter ) start more onions, let go - like with everything - for 8/10 min, add your garlic , as much as you like, the last minute - THEN add back the ham stock THEN add your soaked beans, herbs/spices. I used old bay and some fresh rosemary
The last of the veggies, I used Onions, Carrots, Celery. Use turnips, parsnips - what every you like...Let it cook for a while.
Chop the meat as fine as you like....Dont add till after the next step
Take a third of the soup and blend - add back to pot, then add the meat -
cook a bit longer
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| ENJOY! |
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