How much lentil soup to cook?
1 hour... Red lentils are usually used for soups - boil them for 20-30 minutes.
How to cook smoked lentil soup
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For a 4 liter pot
Lentils - 1 glass
Potatoes - 3 pieces
Smoked pork ribs - 200 grams
Smoked ham - 100 grams
Onions - 1 piece
Carrots - 1 piece
Tomato paste - 3 tablespoons
Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
Parsley - 1 bunch
How to make lentil soup
Rinse lentils, add to a saucepan. Pour cold water over and put on a low heat. Cook the lentils for 15 minutes after boiling.
Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into cubes with a side of 1.5 centimeters.
Peel the onions, cut off the rhizome and cut into half rings. Wash carrots, peel, grate on a coarse grater.
Cut the ham into thin short strips.
Preheat a frying pan, pour in oil, put onion, after 5 minutes of frying it (with constant stirring) add carrots and ham. Fry everything together for 5 minutes. Add potatoes and 3 tablespoons of tomato paste to the pan. Simmer for 5 minutes, covered.
Mash the lentils (to taste), put the frying in the soup, put the smoked ribs. Season with salt to taste. When serving lentil soup, sprinkle generously with fresh chopped parsley on top.
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How to make creamy lentil soup
ProductsRed lentils - 1 glass
Onions - 1 piece
Carrots - 1 piece
Parsley - 1 bunch
Garlic - 2 teeth
Processed cheese - 1 piece
Cream 20% - 1 glass
Salt - half a teaspoon
Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
Water - 2 glasses
Making Lentil Cream Soup
1. Rinse 1 cup lentils in a colander.
2. Peel and cut into circles 1 carrot.
3. Peel and cut 1 onion into half rings.
4. Peel and finely chop 2 garlic cloves.
5. Grate or mash 1 processed cheese with a fork.
6. Finely chop 1 bunch of parsley.
7. Pour water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add lentils and cook over low heat for 10 minutes - lentils should keep their shape.
8.Use a colander to drain the water from the lentils.
nine.Pour 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil into a saucepan and put on medium heat.
10. Add carrots, onions and garlic to the stewpan, fry for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
11. Add lentils, parsley, processed cheese, cream, half a teaspoon of salt to the saucepan, stir and heat for 5 minutes.
12. Grind the contents of the saucepan with a blender, heat for 2 minutes. Lentil cream soup is ready.
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Which lentils are good for the soup?You can use any kind of lentil to make cream soup. It should be noted that green lentils are cooked for 40 minutes, and brown ones for 25 minutes.
How to Serve Lentil Soup?
Lentils taste mushroom and nutty notes, therefore, it is appropriate to decorate the surface of the cream soup with walnuts (break the kernels with your hands, but not too finely) or champignon plates fried in vegetable oil.
About lentil soup
Interestingly, in Germany, lentils are served on the New Year's table as a symbol of prosperity and success. Lentil stew is mentioned in the Old Testament - it was for it that Esau exchanged his birthright.
The calorie content of lentil cream soup is 180 kcal / 100 grams.
Store ready-made lentil cream soup for no more than 2 days in the refrigerator.
Last update Author / Editor - Lydia Ivanova