Ham Hough & Lentil

A family favourite that is warm ,comforting and healthy using smoked ham, lentils and vegetables

Ingredients

• RYVITA^® Cracked Black Pepper
• 250g red lentils
• ham hough (smoked ham on bone)
• approx 4 pints of water
• one large diced onion
• three diced carrots
• one diced small swede
• few chopped spinach leaves
• one ham stock cube
• salt & pepper
• i/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Method

boil a ham hough and red lentils in water for about one hour, add onion, carrots, swede and spinach leaves, a ham stock cube. Simmer for about one to one and a half hours. Remove ham, add cayenne pepper and season soup with salt & pepper. Liquidise (optional). Shred ham from bone and add to soup.