Potage Aux Lentilles Et Aux Lard - Lentil, Bacon and Tomato Soup

Submitted by HeatherN

"A delicious, hearty soup for cold Fall evenings."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 small onions, finely chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 4 ounces bacon, cut into 1/4 inch strips crosswise
• 1 1⁄3 cups lentils (Lentilles de Puy, small green French lentils)
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 5 cups vegetable stock
• 3 sprigs thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• sea salt and pepper

directions

1. Heat the oil in a large dutch oven. Add the bacon, onions and celery and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Don't allow to brown.
2. Add the garlic and stir for about 1 minute.
3. Add the lentils and stir to coat with the oil and bacon fat.
4. Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, thyme and bay leaves and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until lentils are cooked. Add more broth if soup is getting too thick.

Reviews

[Nutcakes]

This is my new favorite lentil soup. Good right away but GREAT the next day. Worth seekin out small french lentils. They hold their shape and have a nutty flavor. This soup comes together more quickly than the recipe indicates.

 

[Meguin]

This is, without a doubt, my favorite lentil soup. I do let the bacon cook a bit longer than the onion and celery, but that is my personal preference. This is one of the few recipes that I don't actually change around! Perfect the way it is!

 

[Cuistot]

oh so yummy!! My oldest said he'd never had soup so good! (That says alot from a 13yr) I doubled the recipe (which equals 1lb lentils) and my 6 kids 13 and under ate the entire pot!! they all loved it! easy + quick + delicious + healthy = PERFECT! Definitely a keeper!

 

[Elmotoo]

Ooh, fast, easy & delicious!! A definite hit on a busy night! Made for French Food & Foto Fun Thanks!