Lentil Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the lentils in cold water overnight.
Wash the lentils and place them in a pot with 2 quarts of water.
Cook
Bring to a gentle simmer and cook until the lentils are soft, about 2 to 3 hours.
Season with salt to taste before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Green lentils
- Their starch softens during simmering and thickens the broth, giving the soup body.
The step that matters
Simmer gently until the lentils are soft. A gentle simmer lets lentils cook evenly and hold their shape. Boiling hard can break them apart and make the soup cloudy and mushy before the centers are tender.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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