- Exported from MasterCook
SPICED LENTIL SOUP
4 Preparation Time :
Categories : Soups
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --
3 tb Olive oil
2 tb Unsalted butter
1 Onion, chopped
2 Carrots, diced
2 Ribs celery, diced
1 Green bell pepper, cored,
-seeded and diced
1 sm "waxy" boiling potato,
-peeled and diced
1 t Ground cumin
1 t Ground pure chili powder
3/4 ts Ground allspice
1 sm Imported bay leaf and -sprigs parsley
Tied together with kitchen
-string
1/2 lb Lentils, picked over
6 c Chicken broth
Salt
Freshly-ground black pepper
Place the olive oil, butter, and onion in a soup
kettle, set over low heat and cook until the onion has
5 to 7 minutes. Increase the heat to
medium, add the carrots and stir-cook for 1 minute.
Add the celery and stir-cook for 1 minute. Add the
green pepper and stir-cook for 1 minute. Add the
diced potato, cumin, chili powder, and allspice;
stir-cook for 1 minute. Add the herb bundle, lentils,
and chicken broth; bring to a boil, then boil for 1
minute. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until
the lentils are tender. The soup may be prepared in
advance up to this point.)
Season the soup with salt and fresh pepper to taste
and discard the parsley-bay leaf bundle. Ladle the
soup into warm bowls and serve steaming hot.
4 to 5 servings.
WASHINGTON POST JAN 11, 1989
Posted by Fred Peters. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -