Brown Lentil And Potato Soup Recipe

This Brown Lentil And Potato Soup recipe will entice any eater fussy or easy. Brown Lentil And Potato Soup as an Appetizer never fails to impress. This Brown Lentil And Potato Soup is surely going to make you popular amongst your friends once you treat them to it.

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.

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