Red Lentil Soup Recipe with visual instructions
Prepare a wholesome red lentil soup from scratch. This recipe guide with pictures will take you through combining ham hock, onion, baby shallots, carrots, leeks, red lentils, and milk. Let us know your experience after preparing this heartwarming soup.
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cooking preparation (mise-en-place)
Collect all red lentil soup ingredients and preparation tools together. Weigh the ingredients accurately and dice the vegetables ( leeks, onion, carrots, baby shallots and celery) as required.
How to Prepare Red Lentil Soup: With Visual Instructions
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Ingredients
- 400g- Red lentils
- 2- Baby shallots
- 80ml- Oil
- 640g- Ham hock
- 1/4- Whole carrot
- 100g- Leeks
- 240ml- Milk
- 100g- Celery
- 2ltrs- water
- 50g- onion
Nutritional Information
- Energy: 1,807kJ
- Cals: 432kcal
- Fat: 71.4g
- Sat fat: 43.9g
- Carb: 6.7g
- Sugar: 1.5g
- Protein: 5.3g
- Fibre: 1.5g
Directions
1. Place the ham hock, onion, and carrot in a pot.
Place the ham hock, onion, and carrot in a pot and cover with 2 liters of water.
2. Boil the ham hock, onions and carrots.
Bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer. When the hock is cooked, the center bone will slide out easily.
3. Dice the vegetables.
Slice the shallots, leek and celery into 1 cm dice.
4. Sauté the vegetables and add the lentils.
Heat a pan with the oil, add the vegetables and cook for 10 minutes. Add the lentils and cover them with the ham stock.
5. Boil, then simmer gently.
Boil, then turn the heat down to a very slow simmer.
6. Cook until lentils are soft.
Cook until all the lentils are soft.
7. Cool and blend.
Cool for 10 minutes, then blend until smooth
8. Correct the consistency and add boiled milk.
Correct the consistency as necessary and finish with boiled milk.
9. Serve hot.
Serve hot in a bowl.
