Lentil and ham soup

ingredients

• Lentil and ham soup

  • cooking oil spray
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, half coarsely chopped, half diced
  • 1 1/2 cup (300g) brown lentils
  • 1 ham bone, trimmed of fat
  • 1 bay leaf

method

• Lentil and ham soup

  • 1

    Spray a saucepan with cooking oil spray and heat on medium. Cook onion and chopped carrot for 3 minutes, until onion is soft. Stir in lentils. Add ham, bay leaf and 5 1/2 cups water. Bring to boil.

  • 2

    Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes, until lentils are tender. Remove ham and cool slightly. Shred meat. Steam diced carrot until tender.

  • 3

    Remove 1 cup of lentils and set aside. Discard bay leaf. Puree lentil mixture until smooth and season. Stir through two-thirds of ham and reserved lentils. Top with carrot and remaining ham to serve.