Sunday, July 20, 2008

Ham stock 101

How to make ham stock for soups to die for:

Buy a quality ham with bone in and minimal fat inside. Cut off all the meat you can and dice it up into little bags for freezing. Then put the bone in the crockpot with plenty of water on low overnight without any spices. In the morning, cool the broth, strain the broth and pour 4 or 8 cup portions into small freezable bowls. Freeze completely. The next day remove from the bowls, place frozen blocks of broth into freezer bags, label and place back in the freezer.

Awesome soups you can make from this includes split pea soup, cabbage soup, lima beans, potato soup, etc. You can also make rice pilaf.

Love, the Soup Queen.

2 comments:

Sarie said...

This is and will always be too much work for me. But that's why you have the mystique and wonder of an awesome mom and grama. Because you know how to do this kind of stuff. You make me proud!

best mom ever said...

Sarah, you may say this now, but someday you may need to do this and when that time comes, just check out the recipe and go for it--or, better yet, come home for a private lesson!!! Love to my Lillie, all the lovely girls and the dad of the year. Mom