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Lentil Soup
This hearty winter soup is a meal on its own, accompanied bycrusty bread and a salad.
INGREDIENTS
8ounces lentils
1/2 large garlic clove, peeled
1/2 small onion, peeled and halved 1/2 medium celery rib, in
2medium tomatoes, quartered
2-1/2 cups water
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1/2 teaspoon salt*
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper Pinch dried thyme
1/2 pound Polish kietbasa or other smoked
6cupsyield
Wash lentils under cold runningwater, drain them and place them in a large saucepot.
Use metal blade to pulse/chop garlic, onions, celery and carrots until finely chopped. Put in pot with lentils. Chop tomato into fine pieces. Add to potwith all remaining ingredients except sausage. Cover potand cook forabout 1 hour.
Freezesausage until hard to thetouch but easily pierced with tip of sharp knife, about 30 minutes.
Drain and reserve soup liquid and puree solids with metal blade. Return puree to broth and stir to combine. Use slicing disc to slice sausage. Add sausage to soup and reheat gently until sausage is warm, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
'Omit salt if using salty sausage.
Split Pea Soup
A perfectfamily lunch or supper.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound split green peas 1/2 large onion, quartered 1/2 large garlic clove
3/4 pound smoked ham hocks
1medium carrot 1/2 large celery rib 1/2 medium potato Salt and pepper
4cupsyield
Rinse peas and place in large pot. Peel onion and garlic. Use metal blade to chop garlic line, about 10 seconds. Add onion and pulse until coarsely chopped, about 6 to 8 pulses. Add to potwith ham hocks and water. Bring toa boil and reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Uncover and simmer until hocks are tender, about 30 to 40 minutes. Stir occasionally and add morewater it necessary. Remove hocks and let them cool while preparing vegetables.
Peel carrot, cut in
Puree soup with metal blade until smooth, about 15 seconds. Return to pot. Remove meat from hocks and pulse until coarsely chopped, 4 to 6 pulses. Add to pot with vegetables. Cover and simmer until tender, stirring occasionallyto prevent sticking. This will take about 20 minutes. Season to taste.