Hearty Vegetarian Lentil Soup
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 473.18 ml finely diced onions
- 3 large garlic cloves
- salt
- pepper
- 44.37 ml tomato paste
- 118.29 ml diced celery
- 118.29 ml diced carrot
- 2 bay leaves
- 118.29 ml chopped parsley (I use dried)
- 354.88 ml french green lentils or 354.88 ml brown lentils, washed
- 14.79 ml Dijon mustard
- 14.79 ml red wine or 14.79 ml sherry wine vinegar
directions
- In soup pot, sauté onion in oil until soft.
- Work minced garlic into 1 teaspoon of salt to form a paste and add to onions.
- Mix in tomato paste. Add celery, carrot bay leaves and parley. Cook 3 minutes.
- Add lentils, 2 quarts of water and 1/2 tsp of salt and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer 25-30 minutes till everything is tender.
- Stir in mustard and vinegar. Garnish with celery leaves and parsley if desired.
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Reviews
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This turned out a little bland. I thought for sure that it would be rich and flavorful because of the vinegar and dijon, but I'm thinking that maybe I should have added more than a tablespoon of each as the recipe indicates. Also, I did this in the slowcooker so I really though the flavors would have come out more. I think I'd make this again, but would probably add some fresh thyme and more dijon to jazz it up a bit.
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I experimented by adding parsnips, cream and tarragon. I used veg stock instead of water. I left out the celery. It's -10°C (15°F) here today and this soup is a perfect winter warmer and easy to prepare. It's very filling and has a great texture. When you add cream I think it looks better too. The original recipe may have been a little bland, but all the more reason to experiment and see what other flavours will work. But all in all it's a very nice soup. Thanks for sharing.
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I experimented by adding parsnips, cream and tarragon. I used veg stock instead of water. I left out the celery. It's -10C (15F) here today and this soup is a perfect winter warmer and easy to prepare. It's very filling and has a great texture. When you add cream I think it looks better too. The original recipe may have been a little bland, but all the more reason to experiment and see what other flavours will work. But all in all it's a very nice soup. Thanks for sharing.
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