Ham Hock Squash Soup

By Adell Shneer, Matthew Kimura and The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Ham Hock Squash Soup
Photography by Jodi Pudge

This recipe makes 12 servings

Nutritional Info
Per each of 12 servings: about	-
cal	112112 cal
pro	11 g11g pro
total fat	3 g3g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	13 g13g carb
fibre	2 g2g fibre
chol	21 mg21mg chol
sodium	443 mg443mg sodium
potassium	330 mg330mg potassium
% RDI:	-
calcium	44 calcium
iron	1111 iron
vit A	5151 vit A
vit C	1010 vit C
folate	2525 folate

Ham hock is perfect for soup. The bone makes a flavourful stock for cooking the chickpeas, and the meat makes it hearty and satisfying. Pair this soup with Whole Wheat Honey Oat Loaf, find the recipe link below.

Ingredients

3/4 cup dried chickpeas 3/4 3/4cup cupdried chickpeadried chickpeas
3 cloves 3 3clovecloves
1 onion , halved1 1oniononions, halved
8 cups water 8 8cups cupswater
1 smoked ham hock 1 1smoked ham hocksmoked ham hocks
3 cloves garlic 3 3cloves garlic
1 bay leaf 1 1bay leafbay leaves
1 cup chopped carrots 1 1cup cupchopped carrotcarrots
1 cup chopped onion 1 1cup cupchopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 1/2cup cupchopped celery
1 tsp salt 1 1tsp tspsalt
1 butternut squash , peeled and chopped1 1butternut squashbutternut squashes, peeled and chopped
1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tsppepper

Preparation

In large saucepan, bring chickpeas and 4 cups (1 L) water to boil; boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour. (Or soak chickpeas in 4 cups/1 L water for at least 6 hours or for up to 24 hours.) Drain and rinse under cold water.

Poke cloves into 1 onion half. In Dutch oven, bring onion halves, water, ham hock, chickpeas, garlic and bay leaf to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer, skimming off foam, for 1-1/2 hours.

Add carrot, chopped onion, celery and sa< cook for 15 minutes. Add squash; cook until ham hock is tender, about 30 minutes. Discard onion halves and bay leaf.

Remove ham hock; remove and discard fat and bone. Cut meat, and skin (if desired), into bite-size pieces and return to pot. Add pepper and heat through, adding more water if too thick.

Serve with Whole Wheat Honey Oat Loaf.

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Additional information : Variation
Smoked Turkey Squash Soup: Substitute smoked turkey thigh or drumstick for the ham hock.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: October 2009