A few weeks ago, I noted that Tesco had some rather nice-looking gammon joints, and so that became one of our weekly roasts (which are taking a short break just now). Since it was a piece of meat big enough for 6, this left us with quite a large amount of leftover meat. Some of this went into a very nice macaroni cheese, and today I used the second batch in a soup. This one came from the "New Covent Garden Food Co. - A Soup for Every Day".
As with soups generally, this proved to be pretty easy to put together, and although the elapsed time was a bit more than an hour, this was mostly taken up with two 30-minute simmer stages that didn't require much attention.
The result was pretty much exactly as I'd expected - it was a very nice soup that bulked a fairly small amount of meat out with a lot of pulses to create a very filling meal. The only thing to watch is that the gammon was very salty to start with, so go easy on the seasoning!
The best bit: that has left us with two additional servings, that are now sitting in our freezer for another day. A winner all around.
#18: "Skyward: Claim the Stars", by Brandon Sanderson
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