Brown Lentil And Potato Soup Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup dried brown lentils
6 cups beef stock
1/4 pound salt pork, diced
1/2 cup each diced carrot, onion and celery
Bouquet garni of
1 orange, quartered
3 whole cloves
3 sprigs parsley
1 bay leaf
1 sprig thyme
6 black peppercorns, lightly crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 potatoes, scrubbed and diced
2 tablespoons butter and/or rendered pork or beef fat
2 tablespoons rice flour
Dry sherry
Sour cream
Slivered green onions
Directions
Combine lentils, stock, salt pork, vegetables, bouquet garni and salt.
Cover, bring to boil, lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
Add potatoes and simmer 15 minutes.
Discard bouquet garni.
Melt butter until bubbly, sprinkle with flour, and cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
Gradually add soup and cook, stirring, until slightly thickened.
Put 1/2 tablespoon dry sherry in each bowl and ladle in soup.
Top with several dollops of sour cream and a sprinkling of green onions.
Cover, bring to boil, lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
Add potatoes and simmer 15 minutes.
Discard bouquet garni.
Melt butter until bubbly, sprinkle with flour, and cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
Gradually add soup and cook, stirring, until slightly thickened.
Put 1/2 tablespoon dry sherry in each bowl and ladle in soup.
Top with several dollops of sour cream and a sprinkling of green onions.
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