Roasted Squash Soup with Smoked Ham – this is the perfect hearty and delicious soup to use leftovers from a baked ham dinner. It also makes a terrific appetizer course for a dinner party.
Roasted Squash Soup with Smoked Ham
Roasted Squash Soup with Smoked Ham
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Roasted Squash Soup with Smoked Ham - this is the perfect hearty and delicious soup to use leftovers from a baked ham dinner. It also makes a terrific appetizer course for a dinner party.
Course:
Soup
Ingredients
- 3 cups squash puree
- 12 ounces thick cut smoked ham
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 3 cups vegetable beef or chicken stock
- 1 tsp ground dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- salt to season
- Juice of ½ a lemon
Instructions
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Begin by roasting a butternut squash. Peel and seed a whole butternut squash and cut in large cubes. Place squash in a baking dish, season with salt and pepper, drizzle with a little olive oil and roast at 350 degrees F until the pieces are fork tender. Puree in a food processor or mash very well with a potato masher or ricer.
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In a large saucepan fry the ham slices on both sides. Remove the ham and chop into small pieces.
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Add the olive oil, onion and garlic to the pot over low heat and slowly cook until the onions are soft.
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Add ½ the chopped ham, squash puree, stock, thyme, paprika and pepper.
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Simmer for about 20 minutes over low heat. Taste for seasoning and add salt if needed. (NOTE: Be careful not to over salt the soup as the ham may have provided sufficient seasoning.) Finish by stirring in the lemon juice.
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Puree the soup with an immersion blender (or in small batches in a standard blender or food processor.) Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and the remaining ham.
Alicia
Thursday 14th of February 2008
I'm going to have to try this - sounds delicious.
A suggestion to those who don't eat pork - such as myself... I use smoked turkey legs as an alternate to ham in soups, and it works very well.
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