Ham Bowls

This is an idea that I'd been thinking of for a while.  It's basically a breadbowl, but instead of using bread, using ham.  Since ham and cheese go together like ham and cheese, I opted to go with a broccoli cheese soup for the filling of the bowl.

Ingredients:

1 Precooked Ham

1 Stick Butter

1 Onion

1 Bag Chopped Broccoli

1 32 oz Box Vegetable Broth

2 cups Milk

1 1/2 pint Carton of Heaving Whipping Cream

1 tblspoon Minced Garlic

1lb Bag Shredded Cheddar

Instructions:

Cut the ham in half

Using a spoon (or other scooping device) scoop out the innards of the ham

Be careful not to puncture the walls or floor of the bowl, as this would ruin it's capacity as a bowl

Repeat with the other half of the ham

Weigh the bowls

Bake at 350 degrees for 10minutes per pound

Chop the onion

Add the butter and the onion to a pot

Cook on high for a minute

Add the broccoli, broth, milk, cream, and garlic

Bring to a boil

Reduce heat

Gradually stir in the cheese

Remove the hams from the oven

Drain the ham juices that had pooled in the bottom of the bowls

Spoon the soup into the bowl

This turned out better than I'd expected, but worse than I'd hoped.  The soup actually turned out extremely well.  Despite my attempt at adding the cheese gradually, it still wound up not quite melting evenly, but it was still delicious.  The ham bowl on the other hand was more questionable.  The ham itself turned out fairly well, and the bowl actually worked as a bowl (closer to cup in terms of soup holding capacity), but the ham bowl didn't turn out to be equal to the sum of its parts.  Mostly because even after scooping out a large potion of it, it's still a lot of ham.  Like, a lot of ham.  And you get to it after you've already had a cup of soup or two.  But partially because it's just a lot of ham.  Eating the whole bowl was a mistake, and not something that I'd recommend to anyone.  Which is why when I ate the second bowl, I didn't eat the whole thing, and rather just ate the walls of the bowl.  Which was still a decent amount of ham.  After only the base was left, I cut it in half to make two thick slices of ham, which I then used for sandwiches.  Even after if was cut in half, the base was still enough ham to be a bit much on the sandwiches.  Because it was a lot of ham.