Recipe - Hearty Lentil Soup With Ham

1 Smoked ham hock
1 pound Brown or green lentils,
picked over and rinsed
3 cup Sliced mushrooms
1 lg Onion, chopped
1 Garlic clove, minced
3 Carrots, chopped
3 Ribs celery, chopped
1 teaspoon Dried thyme
1 Bay leaf
4 cup Chicken broth
8 cup Water
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoon 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 MCRecipe Digest V1 #492 by Angele Freeman jfreeman@netusa1.net
on Mar 2, 1997.