Christmas Lentil Soup
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Favourite and very tasty lentil soup with plums for Christmas table.
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Ingredients
Ingredients
all-purpose flour / plain flour | 1.75 | oz | 50 | grams | |
bay leaf | 3 | pcs | 3 | pieces | |
crushed cumin | 0.5 | tsp | ½ | teaspoon | |
dried plums | 3.5 | oz | 100 | grams | |
lemon-juice | - | ||||
lentils sterilized | 1.1 | lb | 500 | grams | |
onion | 4.25 | oz | 120 | grams | |
pork lard | 1 | oz | 30 | grams | |
salt | 1 | tsp | 1 | teaspoon | |
sweet cream for cooking | ¾ | cup | 200 | milliliters | |
vinegar | - | ||||
water | 1.6 | quart | 1.5 | litre | |
whole black pepper | 5 | pcs | 5 | pieces |
Recipe
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2.
water 1.6 quart (1500 ml) • salt 1 tsp • crushed cumin 0.5 tsp • whole black pepper 5 pcs • bay leaf 3 pcs
Put them into a saucepan, pour in a water, add salt, caraway, black pepper and bay leaf. Bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes.
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4.
lentils sterilized 1.1 lb (500 g)
Add cooked lentils (sterilised without brine) into the soup. Let it slowly cook until roux is prepared.
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6.
Pour lentil soup (as possible mainly liquid part) into the flour, of ladle at a time, and cook the roux. Then pour it back into the soup and stirring permanently cook for 3-4 minutes.
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8.
During serving each can season the soup with the lemon juice or vinegar according to taste.
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Bon appetit!