Creamy Lentil Bacon Topped Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Cook and stir carrots and onions in bacon drippings until crisp-tender, 3-4 minutes. Add tomato paste, garlic, thyme and pepper; cook 1 minute longer., Add stock and wine; increase heat to medium-high. Cook 2 minutes, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in butter beans, lentils and bacon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 5 minutes. Uncover; continue simmering until vegetables are tender, 15-20 minutes. Garnish with thyme sprigs if desired.

Steps:

• Rinse lentils well under cold running water. Drain and transfer to a slow cooker. Pour in water until water level is twice as high as lentils. Add bay leaf and set slow cooker to High.
• Meanwhile, heat onion and bacon in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until bacon is crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with garlic powder and transfer bacon-onion mixture to the slow cooker.
• Cook on High until lentils are tender, about 5 hours.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving drippings in pan. Crumble bacon; set aside. Ad leek and onion to pan; saute 4 minutes. Add broth, potato, lentils, carrot, and salt; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour or until vegetables are tender. Place vegetable mixture in blender or food processor; process until smooth. Return pureed mixture to pan; stir in half and half and sherry. Cook until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with bacon.

Steps:

• Put the oil, onions, carrots and celery in a large saucepan, and cook for about 10 mins to soften.
• Stir in the lentils and pour in the stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer for 30-35 mins or until the lentils are soft, topping up with water if the mixture begins to dry out. Pop in the spinach and cook for a few mins more, until wilted. Blitz the soup until smooth, then stir through the cream and season. Keep the soup warm over a low heat.
• Heat a little oil in a non-stick pan over a medium heat. Add the bacon and fry until crisp and golden. Ladle the soup into bowls, drizzle with a little cream and crumble over the crispy bacon.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, 1 pack of pancetta and the carrot. Cook on a low to medium heat for 10 minutes until the onions are soft.
• Add the cumin, turmeric, garlic and chilli and cook for a further 1 - 2 minutes until the aromas are released.
• Pour in 1.25 litres of boiling water, crumble in the stock cubes and add the lentils. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 mins, stirring occasionally to ensure the lentils aren't sticking.
• Meanwhile, fry the remaining lardons in a small frying pan for about 10 minutes until crispy. You don't need to add any oil as plenty will run from the pancetta.
• Serve the soup with a sprinkle of crispy lardons on top.

Steps:

• Chop onion and garlic finely. Saute -medium heat- in olive oil for 5 minutes. If it starts to burn, sprinkle some water.
• Add the cumin to the onion. Saute for 2 more minutes.
• Apart, in a deep pan, put the lentils with the water and bring to boil. Boil vigorously for 10 minutes.
• Whilst the lentils are boiling, add the tomatoes to the onion sauce. Bring the heat to low and simmer for 7 to 10 minutes.
• Add the basil, thyme, paprika, cloves and pepper to the sauce.
• Meanwhile, dice the beetroot, potato and carrot.
• When the 10 minutes of the boiling lentils have concluded, add the remaining vegetables. Bring the heat low to simmer.
• Add the sauce to the lentils.
• Add the cube of chicken stock.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Turn the heat off and blend. If the blender is too full you can do it in two batches. Remember: is a hot soup, so it will tend to be explosive in the blender.
• Bring back to the pan.
• If the cream is too thick, add more water to make the soup the desired consistency.
• Chop the bacon in pieces.
• In a pan, fry it without oil until golden/brown.
• When serving the soup, add the pieces of bacon to every dish. Stir them inches
• Sprinkle each dish with a tablespoon of doublecream.
• Voilá!