WOW What a Blunder!
I don't know how I did the original post to this blog for Holiday Leftovers but, boy did I blow it!
Well on with the Correct info:
On New Year's Day I smoked a bone in ham. It came from Smithfield Hams and was a spiral sliced ham. While it comes pre-smoked, I prefered to add some apple to the flavor. Was it Gooooddd! But what do you do with the rest of the ham when your done with the meal and the sandwiches and any other way you use the last of it up?
Well I made a nice ham salad and soup with several simple ingredients and no trouble.
Take the ham bone and carve the rest of the meat off the bone into chunks placing them into a large bowl. Next take the chunks and run them through wither an old fashioned meat grinder or food processor. I used the meat grinder and got the consistency of ground beef. Then add the following ingredients:
About 1 pound of ground ham
1/2 cup of dill relish
1 TBL Sp of chili powder
1/4 cup of mayonaise
1/4 cup of mustard (yellow, stone ground or spicy - your preference)
1 tsp lemon juice
Mix well and add salt and pepper to taste. Chill and it's ready to serve!
For the soup take the balance of the bone and put into a stock pot or sauce pan and cover with water. Put on the stove and simmer for about two hours. This will reduce the bone and any meat not already removed will fall off the bone and go back into the pot.
Once the bone has simmered then take it out of the pot and clean off the rest of any remaining meat. Now add the following to the pot:
1 TBL Sp. Garlic
1 28oz can of mixed spiced greens (collards, turnip, mustard)
1/2 stick of pepperoni diced into small pieces
1 TBL Sp. crushed red pepper
1 small onion chopped
Simmer on the stove and reduce the soup stock down so that it is thin enough to stir without trouble but not so thin that it splashes when stirred.You want the consistency of soup not a vegetable served as a side dish.
Top with your favorite grated Parmesan cheese and Enjoy. Add Garlic toast and this will chase the winter blues away!!
Enjoy the New Year and Come Back Soon!
John
