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Carrot and Lentil Stew with Filler

5 from 7 votes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people
Calories 89 kcal

Ingredients
 

Carrot and lentil stew:

  • 500 g Carrots
  • 200 g Red lentils
  • 200 g Potatoes
  • 2 Small onions about 50 g
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 piece Ginger approx. 20 g
  • 1 Red chilli pepper approx. 20 g
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 1 liter Vegetable broth (5 teaspoons instant)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Mild curry powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric
  • 0,5 tsp Pepper
  • 150 g Cooking cream
  • 2 tbsp (Herbs frozen)

Inlay:

  • 100 g Carrot blossoms
  • 100 g Salted bacon
  • 2 Red onions approx. 100 g
  • 50 g Roasted and salted sunflower seeds

To serve:

  • Rolls or baguettes

Instructions
 

Carrot and lentil stew:

  • Peel and roughly dice the carrots and potatoes. Peel and dice the onions. Peel and finely dice the garlic cloves and ginger. Clean and wash the chilli pepper, cut lengthways into three strips and then into rings. Heat butter (1 tbsp) in a saucepan and fry the diced garlic cloves, diced ginger, chili pepper rings and diced onions vigorously. Add the carrots and red lentils and fry briefly. Deglaze / pour on with the vegetable stock (1 liter). Season with salt (1 teaspoon), mild curry powder (1 teaspoon), turmeric (1 teaspoon) and pepper (n1 / 2 teaspoon) and simmer / cook with the lid closed for about 20 minutes. Puree with a hand blender and fold in the herbs (2 tbsp).

Inlay:

  • Peel the carrots with the peeler, scrape 2 into 1 decorating blade with the vegetable blossom scraper / peeler and cut into decorative carrot slices (approx. 4 - 5 mm thick) with the knife. Finely dice the bacon. Peel, quarter and slice the red onions. Sear the bacon in a pan, add the onion wedges, roast everything vigorously and drain / degrease through a metal sieve.

Serve:

  • Add the carrot blossom slices to the soup and simmer for about 6 - 8 minutes, stir in the roasted onion-bacon mixture and sunflower seeds and serve the soup hot with a bread roll or baguette.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 89kcalCarbohydrates: 8.5gProtein: 1.3gFat: 5.6g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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