Free Recipe Mediterranean Lentil Soup

Recipe Type: S Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for Mediterranean Lentil Soup Recipe

2 tb Unsalted butter
1 tb Olive oil
2 lg Garlic cloves; peeled and
-minced
2 lg Carrots; peeled and diced
2 lg Celery stalks; diced
1 lg Onion; peeled and minced
1 c Dried lentils
6 c Beef bouillon; (or more)
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Mediterranean Lentil Soup Preparation

Heat butter and oil over medium heat in a large pot. Add garlic, carrots, celery, and onion, and cook for 2 minutes. Add lentils and 6 cups bouillon and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until lentils are very tender. Remove two cups of the lentils and vegetables from the pot and puree until smooth in a food processor. Return puree to the pot and more bouillon if the soup is too thick. This soup freezes well. Variation: add 1 teaspoon each of cumin and curry powder to the vegetable mixture. Recipe by: unknown origin Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by slt4@cornell.edu <slt4@cornell.edu> on Feb 24, 1998

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