Slovak Ham Vegetable Soup Recipes

BARLEY SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• 1. Put the oil and onion in a soup kettle set over low heat and cook until the onions are softened, 5 minutes.
• 2. Raise heat to medium, stir in garlic and carrots and stir, cook for i minute.
• 3. Add the celery and stir, cook for a minute then add the barley, stock, bay leaf, allspice.
• 4. Bring to a boil skimming off the top if necessary. Simmer covered foe about 1 hour or until barley is tender.
• 5. (THE SOUP MAY BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE TO THIS POINT).
• 6. Stir the ham into the piping hot soup and let simmer while you prepare the mushrooms.
• 7. Heat the butter in a small skillet add the mushrooms and lemon juice and stir. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. stir in parsley.
• 8. Add the mushroom mixture to the soup and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
• 9. REMOVE AND DISCARD THE BAY LEAF.
• 10. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into warmed bowls and serve.

SLOVAK SAUERKRAUT CHRISTMAS SOUP

Steps:

• Place the sauerkraut, chicken broth, peppercorns, bay leaves, salt and mushrooms into a large pot, and bring to a boil. Add the sausage and whole piece of ham. Let it simmer over medium heat for 1 1/2 hours. Add the prunes after the first hour.
• Remove the meat from the soup, and set aside. Remove bay leaves, and discard.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, and fry until clear. Sprinkle the flour and paprika over the onion; cook and stir for a minute. Gradually stir in the water with a fork so that no lumps form. Bring to a boil, and allow to thicken. Pour into the soup pot. Cube the sausage and ham, and stir into the soup. Bring to a boil, and cook for another 10 minutes.
• To serve, ladle into bowls, and top with a dollop of sour cream.

HAM BONE AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.

HAM AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham hocks, carrots, celery, onion and water in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until meat starts to all off the bones. , Add potatoes and vegetables; bring to a boil oil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return meat to kettle. Stir in bean and bacon soup and pepper; heat through.

SLOVAK HAM & VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham in an 8 quart stock pot and add water to 1-inch below the top.
• Add onions, beans (if using dry beans), pepper, and parsley.
• Let simmer 5-6 hours.
• To prepare steranka: mix together egg, flour, and water and knead until smooth (dough should be very stiff).
• Pinch off bits of dough (about the size of a pea) onto a lightly floured board.
• When all of the pieces have been pinched off, drop into boiling water slowly so that the water doesn't stop boiling.
• Boil until all of the pieces come to the surface (3-5 minutes).
• Rinse with cold water and drain.
• Remove ham from the soup, and chip into bite sized pieces.
• Discard fat and bones, and return meat to soup.
• Add steranka and barley, and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add all vegetables (if using canned beans add with the vegetables instead of with the onions and seasonings), and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add tomato soup, and simmer 15-20 minutes longer.

SMOKED HAM, BARLEY, AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth and ham hocks to boil in large pot. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes. Add diced potatoes, tomatoes with juices, onion, carrots, celery, barley, and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until meat and barley are tender, about 1 hour.
• Using tongs, remove ham hocks from soup. Cut meat off bones and chop coarsely. Return meat to soup; discard bones. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.) Add green beans; simmer until beans are tender, about 15 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

LENTIL HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Stir chicken broth, water, carrots, celery, onion, lentils, garlic, and red wine vinegar together in a large stockpot; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer until the carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir ham, mustard, salt, and pepper into the soup; continue cooking until the lentils are tender, 20 to 30 minutes more.