Ham Bone Corn Soup With Shrimp

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 ham bone, fully cooked
• 1 (8 1/4 ounce) can corn kernels
• 1 (8 3/4 ounce) can creamed corn
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme or 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• 1 carrot
• 1 small onion, quartered
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 shallots or 1/4 medium onion, minced
• 1/2 lb rock shrimp or 1/2 lb other shrimp, cleaned
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup cream or 1 cup half-and-half or 1 cup milk
• water

Recipe

• 1 simmer hambone in water to cover with the carrot and the quartered onion for about one hour. this can be done the day before or even days before.
• 2 remove hambone and reserve any ham bits. toss hambone away.
• 3 place liquid in fridge overnight or until all fat rises and hardens at the top.
• 4 remove fat.
• 5 heat till warm and strain.
• 6 return to pot.
• 7 sautee shallot or onion.in butter.
• 8 add to liquid.
• 9 add both cans of corn.
• 10 add thyme.
• 11 if a creamier soup is desired, break down some of the corn with immersion blender or transfer to blender and blend to desired consistency and return to pot.
• 12 bring to low boil and reduce heat.
• 13 add shrimp and cook for three minutes.
• 14 add cream or half and half.
• 15 pepper to taste.
• 16 add salt if needed. taste first! hambone aleady contributed salt.