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Kale and Lentil Soup
Tonight I made a soup based on the Swiss Chard and Lentil Soup in the Silver Spoon. That book has some good recipes, but it isn’t quite the bedtime read that most of the books I like are. Anyway, on with the soup.
Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 6 cups stock
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 cups kale, chopped
- 3/4 cup red lentils
- 1/2 cup long grain rice
- oil, salt, pepper
Method
Put the onions, carrot, celery and garlic in the oiled pot over medium heat. after about 10 minutes, toss in the kale and stir. After a couple more minutes, add the lentils and tomato paste. Pour in your stock ( which should be heated ), and bring to a boil. Let this all cook about 40 minutes. Then toss in the rice, and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, garnish with fresh grated parmigiano and some Italian parsley. I served mine with cheese breads with romano and parmigiano.
This soup was very easy, cheap, and low mess factor. Of course the quality of ingredients always matters, but this soup was quite tasty, and even passed the pregnant wife test, a high standard by any means.
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