LINSENSUPPE (GERMAN LENTIL SOUP WITH FRANKFURTER SLICES)
This recipe is from *Stroganov to Strudel* (Great Traditional Cooking From Germany, Austria, Hungary & the Czech Republic). Per the intro, "Soups are a favourite in this area, served either as a main meal or a starter. Hearty soups range from creamy Czech soups w/light dumplings, to the famous fruit soups of Hungary & chunky soups of Germany, such as *Lentil Soup* containing sliced frankfurter." If your kids are not entirely opposed to veggie-based soups, then the sight of frankfurter slices may well tempt them to happily eat this healthy soup as a 1-dish meal. (Nearly all the time given is cook time, but I also allowed 15 min for ingredient prep). *Enjoy* !
Provided by twissis
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 Soup Servings, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Rinse lentils thoroughly under cold running water (brown lentils don't need to be soaked b4 cooking).
- Heat oil in a lrg pan & gently fry onion for 5 min till soft. Add leek, carrot, celery, bacon & bay leaves.
- Add lentils & water to the pan & slowly bring to a boil. Skim the surface & simmer (half-covered) for 45-50 min or till the lentils are soft.
- Remove piece of bacon, cut into sml cubes (trimming off any excess fat) & return bacon cubes to the pot.
- Add parsley + frankfurter slices & season w/salt & pepper to taste pref. Simmer gently for 2-3 min, remove bay leaves & serve garnished w/the extra parsley.
- PERS NOTE: As I entered this recipe, I found myself wondering how the simmer time of 45-50 min might be adapted to crockpot use. If 1 among you is more practiced in this art, I'd appreciate that info. :-).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 358.1, Fat 21.7, SaturatedFat 7.3, Cholesterol 31.8, Sodium 612.2, Carbohydrate 25.3, Fiber 10.9, Sugar 2.7, Protein 15.5
GERMAN LENTIL SOUP
Traditional German lentil soup with potatoes, vegetables, and sausages, this Linsensuppe is one of the best German soups there is.
Provided by Adina
Categories Soup
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- If you use smoked pork belly or bacon with rind, keep it in one piece. Rindless, chopped smoked bacon or pork belly can be used instead.
- Heat the oil in a soup pan. Add the smoked pork belly with rind or the smoked bacon with rind in one piece and fry it well on both sides. If using already cubed bacon or pork belly without the rind, fry them all over as well.
- In the meantime finely chop the onion, carrots, celeriac and leek. Add them to the pot and stir. Leave the pork belly in the pot. Add the rinsed lentils and about ¾ of the broth or stock to the pot. Add the bay leaves and the dry lovage. Stir, bring to a boil and let cook on low heat for about 30 minutes or until the brown lentils are quite soft, but not perfectly done yet.
- In the meantime, peel and chop the potatoes into small cubes. Add them to the pot. The soup should be really thick, but if you find it too thick, you can add some or all of the remaining stock at this point.
- Bring to a boil again and continue cooking the soup for about another 20 - 30 minutes or until the potatoes and lentils are soft.
- Take out the whole piece of pork belly or bacon, if using. Remove and discard the rind. Chop the rest of the pork belly or bacon into small pieces. Return them to the soup.
- Adjust the taste with salt, pepper, sugar and balsamic vinegar. Add only 2 tablespoons vinegar first and add more to taste.
- Just before serving, heat the sausages in a large pot of water and serve 1 or 2 sausages per person. For a speedier version, slice the sausages thickly and heat the sausage pieces in the soup. Serve as suggested above.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 /6 of the dish, Calories 409 kcal, Carbohydrate 27 g, Protein 17 g, Fat 26 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Sodium 786 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 6 g, UnsaturatedFat 14 g
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