Lentil Soup
Soup is good food, especially when you're serving this homemade lentil soup. You'll feel like a real ham when you prepare this palatable pottage that's sure to warm your loved ones to the bone.
Course Soups
Cuisine Continental
Servings 6 servings
Calories 1222.94 kcal
- 5 cup(s) stock (ham or chicken)
- 1 cup(s) lentils
- 2 large carrots, skin on, diced
- 2 celery spears, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cup(s) chopped leftover ham
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper, or to taste (or substitute cracked black pepper)
- 1 tablespoon(s) cornstarch mixed in 1/4 cup cool water
- 2 floz cool water to mix in with cornstarch
In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, combine ham or bacon pieces, lentils, and chicken broth; bring just to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until lentils are soft.
Remove 2 cups of cooked lentils and place into food processor or blender bowl; let cool 5 minutes (if you do not let cool slightly before processing, mixture will explode out of container and make a mess in your kitchen).
After cooling, whirl until pureed.
Stir pureed lentils into soup mixture.
In a medium frying pan over medium-high heat, saut onion and carrots in butter or margarine until limp, but do not brown; add to lentils.
Add thyme, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper; simmer another 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and serve in soup bowls.
Calories: 1222.94kcalCarbohydrates: 120.88gProtein: 95.18gFat: 38.76gSaturated Fat: 11.94gCholesterol: 188.76mgSodium: 5673.54mgFiber: 25.07gSugar: 32.84g
Keyword Healthy Bytes, Low Calorie, Low Fat