Country Lentil Soup


Course : Lentils
Serves: 8
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Ingredients:


2 large onions -- chopped

3 large carrots -- grated

2 drops shallots -- minced

2 tablespoons garlic -- minced

1 teaspoon olive oil

1/4 cup dry white wine

2 cups canned tomatoes -- stewed, undrained

2 cans chicken broth -- (10-1/2 oz ea.)

1 can beef broth

4 cups water

3 slices bacon - cook crisp -- drain and crumble

1 pound lentils -- rinse and drain

1 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste
 

Preparation / Directions:


In a Dutch oven casserole, saute together first 5 ingredients, until onions are transparent. Add the wine and simmer the mixture, until liquid is reduced by half. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer soup, with lid slightly ajar, for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until lentils are very tender. Add a little broth if soup is too thick.

 

Nutritional Information:

269 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (9% calories from fat); 20g Protein; 42g Carbohydrate; 2mg Cholesterol; 498mg Sodium


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