 |
| Lentil and Spicy Sausage Soup |
Serves 4-6
Lentil and Spicy Sausage Soup ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil. 1 onion, finely chopped. 1 clove garlic, crushed. 3 bay leaves. 2 sticks celery, diced. 500 grams spicy sausages e.g chorizo or chilli meat. 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds. 2 tablespoons tomato paste. 150 grams Puy lentils, rinsed. 2 x 400 gram tins crushed Italian tomatoes. 1 teaspoon caster sugar. 3 cups vegetable stock. sea salt and freshly ground pepper. large handful parsley leaves
Lentil and Spicy Sausage Soup recipe: Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion, garlic, bay leaves and celery over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft and translucent Remove the skins from the sausages and add the sausage meat to the pan with the fennel seeds. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until lightly. golden, breaking up the meat with the back of a spoon. Add the tomato paste and mix to combine. Stir in the lentils, tomatoes, sugar and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, half covered, for 30-40 minutes or until the lentils are cooked, adding a little more liquid if necessary
To serve: Ladle the soup into warm bowls and top with torn parsley leaves and crusty bread or rolls on the side. By then, the lentil and spicy sausage soup is ready
