Heartybrownlentilsoup Recipes

Steps:

• Place lentils, onion, carrots and cabbage leaves in a pressure cooker and cover with 1 1/2 inches of water and 4 tablespoons oil. Cook about 10 to 15 minutes and then cool until pressure reduces, then open.
• In a food processor or blender, puree soup until smooth. Add cumin, black pepper, cinnamon, all spice, cloves and nutmeg. Transfer to a stock pot and return to heat. When soup is just beginning to boil, stir in onion soup mix. Simmer until thickened and then just before serving season to taste with lemon juice and salt.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the celery, onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in the water, tomatoes, lentils, barley, bouillon, oregano, rosemary and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until lentils and barley are almost tender., Add carrots; simmer for 15 minutes or until the carrots, lentils and barley are tender. Sprinkle each serving with cheese if desired.

Steps:

• Place the olive oil into a large 6-quart Dutch oven and set over medium heat. Once hot, add the onion, carrot, celery and salt and sweat until the onions are translucent, approximately 6 to 7 minutes. Add the lentils, tomatoes, broth, coriander, cumin and grains of paradise and stir to combine. Increase the heat to high and bring just to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook at a low simmer until the lentils are tender, approximately 35 to 40 minutes. Using a stick blender, puree to your preferred consistency. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Rinse the lentils and put them in a large pot with 10 cups water and 2½ tsp salt. (I added the salt towards the end of the cooking period as salt added at the start of cooking can make the lentils hard.
• Finely dice the carrots, celery and potatoes and add them to the pot, along with the bay leaf and thyme.
• Bring the water to the boil, lower heat and simmer soup, loosely covered for about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile chop the onion medium fine and saute it in 2 tblsps olive oil, stirring often over a medium heat until it softens. Add the chopped garlic and keep cooking and stirring until the onion begins to colour, about 10 minutes. Add the onion and garlic to the soup as it simmers.
• Lightly toast the cumin seeds in a small pan, stirring constantly for a few minutes until they are fragrant. Grind the cumin in a mortar or spice grinder and add it to the soup, along with 1 tblsp lemon juice and plenty of black pepper.
• Add the vegetable broth and the fresh herbs, bring the soup back to a simmer and taste. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Stir in another 2 tblsps olive oil.
• When serving add a thin drizzle of olive oil on top of each bowl, or put a tsp of mild salsa on top of each serving.

Steps:

• Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat, and crumble in the ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is evenly browned and no longer pink. Drain, and discard any excess grease.
• Stir in the onion, carrots, celery, and barley. Pour in diced tomatoes, water, broth, and tomato soup. Season with bay leaf, parsley, garlic, thyme, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and cover; simmer for 2 hours, stirring frequently. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Steps:

• with salt, sweat the onion, carrot, and celery in hot olive oil.
• add the broth, tomatoes, lentils and seasonings.
• bring to a boil.
• reduce heat and cover, cooking about 35-45 minutes.
• blend if desired (I do not blend).