Lentil Soup With Lamb

Submitted by ellie_

"An interesting change from the traditional Lentil Soup which we enjoyed. When I made this I used red lentiles, which I liked but green or brown will also work out well. Adapted from Bon Appetit (January 2005)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 parsnips, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 cup lentils, rinsed (I used red lentiles)
• 3 (14 ounce) cans beef broth (about 6 cups)
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried dill weed

directions

1. Heat oil in large soup pot over medium high heat. Add lamb, celery, parsnips, onion and garlic and saute for about 15 minutes or until lamb is brown.
2. Add lentiles and cook one minute.
3. Add broth plus one soup can of water, tomatoes, thyme and dill weed. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 40-60 minutes or until lentiles are tender.
4. Enjoy!

Reviews

[susannadorr]

CAUTION: ADD THYME SLOWLY After deciding to use some leftover leg of lamb and homemade broth from my freezer (no more than a month frozen), I went in search of a recipe. Found this one. Perfect! Virtually everything else I had fresh from my garden -- onions, garlic, celery, dill, parsnips, tomatoes. I opened a brand new bag of organic lentils and went to work. Everything was swell till I added the thyme (McCormicks, not from the garden, but well within the expiration date). For me, WAY too much thyme! I discovered that too much powdered thyme tastes and smells exactly like mold to me. A bit of Googling told me that I'm not the only one. Maybe it's a genetic thing. To some people (not me) cilantro tastes like soap; maybe to some thyme tastes like mold. Anyway, I believe this is a terrific recipe, but my advice is to add thyme a bit at a time and taste as you go. I seem to be doing okay at neutralizing/overcoming the thyme taste with lemon juice and curry powder. Am determined to prevail, for this seems otherwise a sensational soup for end-of-season veggies! Will make it again with rosemary instead of thyme.

 

[Maryrocks1994]

Amazing! A few years ago my mom and I went out to a little bit more of an upscale restaurant for lunch. We got the soup of the day , lamb and lentil. They charged about $10 per bowl, after the meal I was determined to find a recipe for it and this is it. It turned out amazing. I bought a lamb roast and ground it up myself. My mom and I were amazed by how spot on the recipe is from the resturants special. Fast forward to today, 10/25/2018 we found some lamb we put in the freezer. We were going to just have it grilled up. However it didn't defrost in time so we are so looking forward to making this soup for dinner tomorrow. Cue mouth watering ??

 

[PaulaG]

The dill provides a wonderful flavor for the lamb. I removed the meat from 2 cooked lamb shanks and added to the stew. Used a beef base and water instead of the broth. This is a nice hearty dish. Thanks for sharing.