Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tomato & lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tomato & lentil soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tomato & Lentil Soup:
- Take 1 tbsp oil
- Prepare 1 large onion, chopped
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, chopped and gently crushed
- Get 1 (500 g) packet passata
- Make ready 1 carrot, diced
- Get 1 handful red lentils
- Take 1 litre vegetable stock. “Marigold” is fine if you’ve no home-made
- Take 1 tsp dried thyme
- Make ready 1 dollop per soup bowl crème fraîche (Optional)
- Take to taste Seasoning
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Steps to make Tomato & Lentil Soup:
- Heat the oil in a stockpot or large saucepan and gently fry the onions for 3-4 minutes or until soft. Only stir if necessary to avoid sticking.
- Add the garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes, gently stirring.
- Stir in the passata, carrot and lentils, then add the stock and bring to the boil, stirring regularly but not too vigorously. Reduce to a fast simmer, cover and cook for 20-25 minutes. Stir occasionally and after 10-15 minutes add the thyme.
- Transfer to a blender and whizz to get a nice consistency. Taste and season to taste.
- Serve piping hot with granary bread or crusty rolls. Add a dollop of crème fraîche to each soup bowl if available/wished.
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