WHL wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:40 am
Max my wife makes a thick hearty Dutch lentil soup with bacon, great winter food served with crusty bread, very easy to make , fry onions, carrots, bacon, add lentils, stock.
Well, my grandfather was from the German state "Baden-Wuerttemberg, homeland of the Lentil & Spaetzle (Pasta) dish, therefore my parents favourite dinner in winter was that and we had it nearly every week as it was cheap to cook as well that time.
Lentils how I prepare them, I take them cold when going for a picnic, as a side dish...
Ingredients:
400 gr. large lentils
250 gr.chopped bacon
1 large onion
4 garlic cloves
4 thin slices ginger
salt, pepper, sugar, hot spice
4 tbl spoon white vinegar
1.3 l vegi soup
(Just to mention that I get ALL the Ingredients from Lidl)
In a large pan I fry the bacon without any fat on not too high heat until gold brown and add then garlic and onion chopped until they turn colour.
In the meantime I heat the vegi stock in a large pot and add the lentils when it is boiling, reducing the heat after a short while and add the bacon/onion mix into it. A short stir, then lid on and wait until lentils are cooked but not overcooked ( ca 50 min) One has to care from time to time if there is the need of more liquid (vegi soup) otherwise lentils will burn to the bottom of the pot.
Now is the time to add some seasoning and sugar and remove the 4 slices of ginger. When I have the feeling the lentils are cooked enough I will stop this process in adding 4 large spoon of white vinegar. Proper stir.... finish.
Max