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Pumpkin and Lentil Soup with Bacon & Mushrooms

5 from 4 votes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people
Calories 369 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 120 g Diced Bacon
  • 100 g White fresh mushrooms
  • 1 Pc Big onion
  • 0,5 Bd Freshly chopped thyme
  • 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  • 100 g Green Lentils - Puy Lentils from France
  • 1 l Vegetable broth
  • 1 Pc Chilli pepper fresh
  • 1000 g Fresh pumpkin tots
  • 2,5 dl Liquid cream
  • Salt pepper

Instructions
 

  • Rub the mushrooms with a paper towel, remove the soil from the stem with a knife. Bacon in cubes or chopsticks. Fry bacon until crispy in a covered pan, remove, reserve. Quickly sauté the mushrooms in the same pan, reserve. Peel and dice the onion. Wash and dry the thyme and remove the leaves from the stems. Chop the chilli pepper. Remove the seeds from the pumpkin, peel and cut into small cubes (0.5-1cm).
  • Heat the olive oil in a stock pot. Sauté the onion, thyme, chilli and lentils in it. Deglaze with broth and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 20-30 minutes until the lentils are cooked through but not too soft.
  • Add the pumpkin cubes with 1/2 of the cream to the soup and cook for another 5-10 minutes
  • Season the soup with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into a preheated plate, garnish with bacon and mushrooms and draw a cordon around the garnish with the rest of the cream. Enjoy it, enjoy your meal .......

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 369kcalCarbohydrates: 3.7gProtein: 7gFat: 36.9g
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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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