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German Lentil Soup
Recipe by:
CLAIRELLEN
A quick lentil soup with ham, fragrantly spiced with caraway and nutmeg. Tastes great the next day and freezes well too.
Ready in 8 hours 10 mins
Saved by 118 cook(s)
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 400g (14 oz) dried brown lentils, rinsed and drained
- 750ml (1 1/4 pints) chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 medium carrots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 150g (5 oz) cooked ham, cubed
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon caraway seed
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- handful chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
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Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 8 hours1.
Place lentils in a 5 to 6 litre slow cooker. Add chicken stock, bay leaf, carrots, celery, onion and ham. Season with Worcestershire sauce, garlic, nutmeg, caraway seed, celery salt, parsley and pepper.
2.
Cover, and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Tip:
You can also make this soup in no time using a pressure cooker. Just cook for 10 to 12 minutes once you've built pressure, and use the Quick Release Method (or follow your manufacturer's instructions for lentils).
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Last updated:
17 Apr 2013
Reviews & comments
Used different ingredients.
Added a tin of chopped tomatoes, a little oregano 4 cloves of garlic and some sliced frankfurters. Lovely dish.
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05 Jul 2011
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Due to personal preferences to somewhat stronger food, I've tweaked the recipe. I've tripled a ham, doubled the onions, quadrupled the garlic, added 3rd stalk of a celery, and extra 1dl of the water to compensate. I've saved fat peaces from a ham, and fried them to render fat out. That gives that fantastic smoked richness to the whole dish. Then I've fried shortly ingredients, adding them one by one with a minute between - onion, garlic, carawey seeds, nutmeg, carrots then celery - to extract their full sweetness and integrate flavors. I've used plain water - plenty of the fat, celery and salt already in the dish, there is no need to add any more flavors. Result was over the top! It was all gone in less then 15 minutes, and kids finally agreed on liking the same dish
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25 Apr 2011
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I thought it was a little bland so I used sausage instead of ham and added a tin of chopped tomatoes and a tablespoon of cider vinegar. Now that's a great lentil soup!
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24 Jul 2008
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Tracy
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We enjoyed this soup although it does make a lot! If you have only a couple people cut the recipe in half and you will have plenty! I added about 200ml of white wine and a couple chopped red potatoes to the stock pot while it simmered and it added a great touch!
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24 Jul 2008
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LINDALU219
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I'm not fond of lentils myself, but the family liked it very well. Good way to use leftover easter ham. I nearly doubled the liquid. It would have been too thick otherwise.
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SCREAMER1
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Yes, without a doubt you will have to add more liquid. Aside from that, I am also thinking that next time I will leave out the caraway and maybe add a bit more Worcestershire. I also like my lentils a bit saltier, so I salted my own bowl, but again, that's a personal preference, and I would rather under-salt so each person can add if they like. I'll keep this one and mark the caraway seeds as "optional".
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24 Jul 2008
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MichelleRD
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I made this soup and then left the house for 4 hours. Luckily, I wasn't gone longer since the lentils had absorbed all of the liquid in the recipe by that time! ( There is nothing wrong with my slow cooker and I did have it on the low setting. I ended up adding more stock and the finished product was very good.
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