Jack's Chardonnay and Red Lentil Soup

Chef TraceyMae's Note:

This is a recipe of my DH's, when I met him he was already a foodie. Lucky me!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ cup diced onion
• ¼ cup diced celery
• 1 ½ cups red lentils (or any color you choose)
• 3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (or an equal amount of water)
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh dill
• 1 lemon (juice and zest)
• 1 cup Chardonnay wine or 1 cup dry champagne
• salt and pepper
• ¼ cup diced carrot
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

1. Saute onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil.
2. Place sauteed vegetables, dry red lentils, and broth into large soup pot.
3. Cover and simmer 1 hour.
4. Add rosemary, dill, salt, pepper and the juice and zest from 1 lemon.
5. Simmer approximately another 1/2 hour.
6. (The zest of the lemon is the yellow layer of the peel. Remove using a zester or a fine grater.).
7. Add Chardonnay and serve.

Reviews

[Maito]

We really enjoyed this soup and were surprised it didn't need any spices. The lemon and wine really carried it. I did adjust the amounts a bit, using less oil, lentils, broth and wine and more vegetables and dill. I also added garlic, decreased the cooking time, and cooked the wine into it a little bit. It has a nice flavor.

[Julie421511]

I'm so sorry, I really didn't care for this at all. I did use green lentils and turkey broth, so I'm not sure if that made a difference or not. I cut the chardonnay to 1/2 cup and I found it way TOO strong for the soup. I had to cook it for an extra half hour to cook off some of the wine. I also think the dill/rosemary/lemon combo was a bit strange. Thank you for posting, I just don't think this was a good match to our taste buds.

[djmastermum]

Loved this soup!!!