Lentil Soup - Linsen Suppe

Submitted by Renate

"I grew up on this soup, and still enjoy it today. Great cold weather food, and tastes even better the next day."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g lentils (any kind will work)
• 6 slice bacon
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 piece celeriac or 236.59 ml loosely packed celery leaves
• 1892.0 ml beef stock
• salt
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped (optional)
• 29.58 29.58 ml butter or 29.58 ml margarine (optional)
• smoked sausage or smoked ham (optional)
• vinegar (optional)

directions

1. Pick over lentils and wash.
2. Dice bacon, and render in large pot to accommodate all ingredients.
3. Sautee onions, carrots, and celeriac or celery leaves about 5 minutes.
4. Add stock on lentils.
5. Bring to a full boil.
6. Reduce heat and cook for 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
7. Can also be cooked in a Crockpot about 4-5 hours on medium, 6-8 hours on low.
8. Add sausage or smoked ham cut into bite size pieces.
9. Optional: Melt lard or margarine or butter and caramelize the coarsely chopped onion, individually add to lentils at the table.
10. Vinegar can be added to personal taste at the table also.
11. Sourdough bread with caraway seeds is a great accompaniment.

Reviews

[Robs415]

This is as close to my mother-in-law's recipe as I could find. We make a huge pot every New Year's Eve and let it simmer until midnight. The tradition is that for every lentil you eat, it's another penny you'll earn during the year. We freeze leftovers and eat it throughout the winter. I use regular, chopped celery; and we put cocktail smokies in the soup instead of sausage. Thanks for posting.

 

[darthlaurie]

Extremely tasty! Worth a little extra time to put together. I added a stalk of celery and added the ham with everything else in the crockpot. We came home to a delicious, hearty soup! Thanks!

 

[Robert Kaldunski]

Almost as good as my Wifes'(a few differnt ingredients) Still very good. My wife was from Germany and was taught by her mother. I went from 168 LBs to over 200 due to their cokking and the beer. I liked the Suppe