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Winter lentil soup

  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 5 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons oil
    • 115g lean back bacon, cut in small pieces
    • 1 large carrot, scrubbed, sliced
    • 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced
    • 2 leeks, trimmed, sliced
    • 1 cup red lentils
    • 3 tablespoons no-added-salt tomato paste
    • 1 teaspoon Moroccan seasoning
    • 7 cups hot salt-reduced vegetable stock made with 7 cups water and 4 teaspoons salt-reduced vegetable stock powder
    • 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat half the oil in a large non-stick pan and cook bacon until lightly browned. Remove and set aside.

    2 Add vegetables with the remaining oil and lentils. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and Moroccan seasoning.

    3 Add hot stock. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils and vegetables are tender.

    4 Use a blender to purée half the soup. Return to pan with un-puréed soup. Add bacon. Heat through. Sprinkle with parsley.

    Serving suggestion

    Serve with fresh bread

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free varieties of bacon, tomato paste, Moroccan seasoning and stock.

    HFG tip

    By puréeing half the soup, you have a creamy soup with lots of chunky vegetables.

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