How long lentil soup to cook?

1 hour. For soups, red lentils are usually used – cook them for 20-30 minutes.

How to cook smoked lentil soup

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Lentils – 1 glass

Potatoes – 3 pieces

Smoked pork ribs – 200 grams

Smoked ham – 100 grams

Onions – 1 thing

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 quiet fire. 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.

Heat a frying pan, pour 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. Salt the soup to taste. When serving lentil soup, sprinkle generously with fresh chopped parsley on top.

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How to make creamy lentil soup

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Red lentils – 1 glass

Onions – 1 piece

Carrots – 1 piece

Parsley – 1 bunch

Garlic – 2 prongs

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 1 carrot into circles.

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.

9. Pour 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil into a saucepan and put on medium heat.

10. Add carrots, onions and garlic to a saucepan, fry for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

11. Add lentils, parsley, processed cheese, cream, half a teaspoon of salt to a 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.

Delicious facts

Which lentils are good for the soup?

Any kind of lentil can be used to make cream soup. It should be noted that green lentils are cooked for 40 minutes, and brown lentils 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 mushroom slices fried in vegetable oil.

About lentil soup

Interestingly, in Germany, a dish of lentils is 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.