Gammon and Kidney bean & Vegetable soup

Hi and welcome to the first recipe on my new blog.
This recipe is a simple and easy to use recipe that is versatile in many ways.
What you need for this recipe is as follows..

2-3 stalks celery, slice
1 large leek, washed cleaned and sliced
400-500g cooked Gammon diced
1 large carrot, sliced
1 400g tin chopped tomatoes
2 cloves garlic finely diced or minced
11/2 teaspoon vegetable stock powder
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (peas,corn,carrots,beans)
tobasco sauce
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup or tomato paste
1 fresh chilli finely chopped (remove seed if prefer)
1/2 tablespoon or so of the Nando's peri peri herb and garlic (optional)
1 400g tin Red kidney beans drained
upto 1 pint of water
1 tablespoon oil

Prep your vegetables and Gammon and open your tin of tomatoes and beans
Drain beans..

Pot big pot on stove with tablespoon of oil

Add your leek and celery and gently fry for few minutes don't allow to colour just want them tender

Add your garlic and chilli and sliced carrots and allow to cook for further 3-5 minutes on nice low heat

Add your chopped tomatoes and mix well

Add your water this depends on if you want a very soupy mix or more a stew as to how much water you add; I used about 3/4 of a pint of water.
Remember you can always add more water but you can't take away

Add your stock powder, tomato ketchup or paste and peri peri spice and mix well

Add your kidney beans and Frozen mixed vegetables and Gammon

Add your tobasco sauce I used about I used about 1/2 tablespoon basically this is to taste, add to your own taste

Allow to cook for about 20-30 minutes until vegetables are tender and  soup well combined.


As said this is nice simple recipe..It lends itself to many variations...use different beans, add rice or pasta,
change the vegetables to broccoli or cauliflower or even just add this to this dish, can add potato, cabbage or any other vegetables you like.
Basically this is a left over or use up dish so you can really play around with it..
Serve with crusty bread and a little sour cream if you like

Hope you enjoy this recipe,
will catch you soon...