This a Hungarian-based lentil soup recipe. It is a tradition to eat lentils on New Year's Day to symbolize money coming your way for the new year.
Ingredients
- olive oil: 2 Tbsp
- onions: 2 piece (cubed)
- carrots: 3 piece (diced)
- stalks celery: 2 piece (diced)
- garlic: 1 tsp (minced)
- paprika: 0.5 tsp
- chicken stock: 7 cups
- ½ cups crushed tomatoes: 3 piece
- ½ cups lentils - soaked: 1 piece (drained)
- bay leaves: 2 piece
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- white wine: 0.75 cup
- Parmesan cheese: 0.5 cup (grated)
- sprig fresh parsley: 1 piece (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Heat oil in a large stockpot. Sauté onions until they are glossy. Stir in carrots, celery, garlic, and paprika, and sauté for 10 minutes.
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Stir in chicken stock, tomatoes, lentils, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Stir well, then add wine and bring the mixture to a boil. Slowly reduce the heat and cook for 1 hour on low to medium heat; or until lentils are tender.
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Sprinkle soup with Parmesan and parsley before serving. larkspur
