Vegetable and ham soup

This recipe was kind of throw together from what I had in the Cupboard.

Originally I had bought a Gammon shank, which is a very cheap way of getting a small joint of Gammon. I got mine from the butchers counter at Morrison, but I am sure they are available at other outlets.

This was soaked in water over night before adding to a saucepan with around 500 mls of Cider, an onion a few cloves, peppercorns, a carrot, garlic and 2 tbsp Brown sugar along with a bay leaf or two. This was then topped up with water and gently simmered for around an hour until cooked.

Strain off the stock and use as required.

The meat was then covered in melted marmalade and lemon juice , before being baked for around 20 to 30 minutes in an oven at 190C.

This is a cut down version of the gammon recipe,  I got this from the BBC Recipes but it can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/3y8wu5q .

To make the soup.

You need 

 Leek thinly sliced

Onions sliced

Garlic crushed

potato, cut into 1in cubes

other Vegetables. I used celeriac, but you could use swede, turnips, parsnips or any other firm vegetable.

I gently fried One leek with some onions and Garlic until they were soft. The Potatoes were then added along with the cubed celeriac and any other veg you wish to use. gently continue to fry for a couple of minutes then add the stock and some more cider. 

Cook until the the potato and other veg is cooked and serve.