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Soups / Healthy leek and lentil soup (Revised)
« on: February 14, 2010, 06:19:25 am »Name of Recipe: Healthy leek, bacon and lentil soup
Number of People:[4-6]
Ingredients:
1 oz butter
3 leeks
2 rashers bacon
2 sticks celery
1 cup red lentils
2 chicken stock cubes
1/2 cup cream or milk
1000 ml water
salt/pepper and parsley for garnishing
Preparation:
Chop celery, then leeks and bacon in TMX for 3-5 sec on speed 5.
Saute leeks, bacon and celery for 8 mins at 100c on speed 1.
Add red lentils, 1000 ml water and chicken stock cubes and cook for 25 min 100c on .
Blend for 10-20 seconds whilst turning the speed slowly to speed 9 until it is well mashed.
Add milk or cream to taste as well as salt and pepper. Garnish with parsley.
Recipe source unknown... recipe given to me.
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Tips/Hints: You may want to reduce the amount of water if you want a really thick soup