Lentil And Canadian Bacon Soup Food

SLOW COOKER LENTIL AND CANADIAN BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients to the crock pot and stir well. Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 8 hours or until the lentils, potatoes, and carrots are tender. Stir well and adjust the seasoning as needed before serving.

LENTIL & BACON SOUP

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.

LENTIL AND CANADIAN BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat 8-9 hours, or high heat 3-5 hours, or until lentils are tender. Stir well before serving.

SLOW-COOKER LENTIL AND CANADIAN BACON SOUP

Steps:

• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours or until lentils are tender. Stir well before serving.

HEARTY LENTIL SOUP WITH BACON AND HERBS

Steps:

• Combine onion, celery, carrot, bacon and garlic in heavy Dutch oven. Stir over medium-high heat 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 7 minutes. Uncover; add 7 cups broth, lentils, thyme and bay leaf and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Discard thyme sprigs and bay leaf.
• Transfer half of soup to processor; cool slightly. Puree until smooth. Return puree to Dutch oven. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Bring soup to simmer, thinning with more broth, if desired. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Combine parsley and chives in small bowl. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle parsley mixture over and serve.

COMPLEX AND CREAMY LENTIL & BACON SOUP

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!

CANADIAN BACON SPLIT PEA & LENTIL SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to crock pot.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours or until desired consistency is reached.

LENTIL, BACON AND BEAN SOUP

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.

LENTIL AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the lentils under cold running water and drain.
• Heat the oil in a large pot and fry the onion, gently, for 5 minutes until soft.
• Add the leek (if using), carrot, celery, mushrooms, bacon and bay leaves, and saute, stirring from time to time, for a few minutes.
• Add the lentils, then pour in the stock and water and bring slowly to the boil. Skim the surface as necessary, then simmer half-covered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until lentils are soft.
• Meanwhile brown the rookwurst in a little olive oil until golden brown, then cool. Slice into 1cm thick slices.
• When the soup is ready, add the parsley and sliced rookwurst and season with pepper and lemon juice.
• Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, remove bay leaves and serve.