Lentil Soup with Smoked Sausage

Name: Lentil Soup with Smoked Sausage
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 355 milliliters drained canned diced tomatoes (one 15-ounce can); 1 carrot, chopped; 2 ribs celery, chopped; 2 Tbsps cooking oil; 0 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 227 grams kielbasa or other smoked sausage; 552 milliliters pound lentils (about; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 teaspoons salt; 4 teaspoons dried summer savory, or 1/4 cup chopped fresh savory; 2 liters water, more if needed

Lentil Soup with Smoked Sausage might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 39g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 705 calories. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 4. If you have kielbasa, water, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cooking oil you could follow this main course with the Raw blueberry cheesecake with crumb topping as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is perfect for Autumn.

Instructions

In a large pot, heat the oil over moderate heat.

Ingredients you will need

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Pot

Add the celery, onion, and carrot and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Carrot

Celery

Onion

Add the lentils, tomatoes, water, dried savory, if using, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat and cook, partially covered, until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Ground Savory

Bay Leaves

Tomato

Lentils

Pepper

Water

Salt

Meanwhile, heat a large nonstick frying pan over moderately high heat.

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Add the sausage and cook, turning, until browned, about 3 minutes in all.

Ingredients you will need

Sausage

Remove. When the sausage is cool enough to handle, cut it crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

Ingredients you will need

Sausage

Stir the sausage and fresh savory, if using, into the soup and simmer it for 5 minutes longer.

Ingredients you will need

Sausage

Soup

Remove the bay leaf. If the soup is too thick for your taste, thin it with additional water.

Ingredients you will need

Bay Leaves

Water

Soup

Wine Recommendation: The inexpensive red wines called Ctes-du-Rhne--from a district of the same name in the south of France--tend to have earthy and spicy flavors that will nicely balance those of the lentils and sausages.

Ingredients you will need

Sausage

Lentils

Wine