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evan

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HOT POTATO AND LENTIL SOUP WITH SAFFRON AND ORANGE

2-3 servings

2 big potatoes

100 ml/0.42 cup red lentils

1 small onion

Chili pepper

A pinch of ground saffron

1 orange

750 ml/3.2 cup vegetable stock

Extra-virgin olive oil

- Peel and slice the potatoes very finely. Chop the onion and braise it in some olive oil with a little chili pepper until the onion is transparent.

- Add the potatoes and braise on for a couple of minutes when you add the lentils. Stir all the time.

- After about 1 minute of stirring you add the stock and leave it to simmer for 15 minutes.

- Add the saffron and simmer until the lentils are soft and mushy. Now you can either whisk the soup briskly or blend it with a blender of some sort to make the soup thick. - Squeeze the orange and add the juice to the soup before serving.

Source: http://lucullian.blogspot.com/

 
Thanks Eva, I think I will try this tonight. I just bought some lentils at lunch

from the farmers market (they are puy lentils though but I don't think it will matter..)

I'll let you know how it comes out!

 
Great, Heather. I haven't had a chanse to try it myself yet but

it's definitely on my To Try-list! smileys/smile.gif

 
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