Germany

Linsensuppe

Name: Linsensuppe
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 3 rashers diced bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon); 1 chopped onion; 1 diced carrot; 2 sticks or a little celeriac diced celery; 1 1/4 cups brown lentils (sabut masoor) whole masoor (brown lentils); 2 diced potato; 6 cups vegetable stock (vegetable broth); 1 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 1/2 tsp dried thyme; Smoked sausage, smoked sausages, sliced; 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar; a pinch sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; Flat leaf parsley, chopped

German lentil soup with smoked sausage and a splash of vinegar. Hearty, tangy and very satisfying.

60 minTime

22 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayBrown lentils, root vegetables, bacon, smoked sausage and vinegar.

The original

420kcalsame

22 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

60minutessame

Linsensuppe.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon)3 rashers, diced

Onion1, chopped

Carrot1, diced

Celery2 sticks or a little celeriac, diced

Whole masoor (brown lentils)1¼ cups brown lentils (sabut masoor)

Potato2, diced

Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)6 cups

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)1

Dried thyme½ tsp

Smoked sausagesmoked sausages, sliced

Vinegar1½ tbsp

Sugara pinch

Salt1 tsp

Black pepper½ tsp

Flat leaf parsleychopped

Method

4 steps

1Cook bacon in a pot until the fat runs, add onion, carrot and celery and cook 6 minutes.
2Add lentils, potato, stock, bay and thyme. Simmer 35 minutes.
3Add the sausage slices and simmer 10 minutes.
4Season with vinegar, a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper. Scatter parsley.

Serve it like this

Serve in deep bowls with sausage slices on top, parsley and a vinegar bottle on the table. Hot, with rye bread or a pretzel.

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