Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tinned tomato, red onion & red lentil soup (with ham stock & bits or vegetarian alternative). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tinned tomato, red onion & red lentil soup (with ham stock & bits or vegetarian alternative) using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tinned Tomato, Red Onion & Red Lentil soup (with ham stock & bits or vegetarian alternative):
- Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- Take 2 red onions, chopped
- Take 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- Get 2 carrots, diced small
- Make ready 2 x 400 g tins chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 handful red lentils
- Get 1 1/4 l ham stock (use vegetable stock if preferred)
- Take 1 tsp dried thyme
- Get 1 tsp dried oregano
- Make ready A few diced bits of baked ham
- Get Salt
- Prepare Ground black pepper
- Make ready Crème fraîche (optional)
Steps to make Tinned Tomato, Red Onion & Red Lentil soup (with ham stock & bits or vegetarian alternative):
- Heat the oil in a stock pot or large saucepan and gently fry the onions for 3 minutes. Stir only if needed to avoid sticking.
- Add the garlic and continue frying for a further 2 minutes or until the onions are softened but not burnt. Stir very occasionally.
- Stir in the carrots, tomatoes and sugar, then the lentils and then the stock. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently but not too vigorously.
- Reduce to a fast simmer, cover and after 10 minutes stir thoroughly and add the herbs and diced ham. Simmer for a further 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste but be sparing with the salt in view of the ham stock.
- Whizz to your desired consistency or, as we do, leave it with the “bits” whole and the soup unthickened and serve piping hot with a dollop of crème fraîche per bowl (optional) and granary bread or a crusty roll.
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