Scottish lentil soup
Serves 4 - 6
Easy
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Make our hearty Scottish lentil soup for a warming lunch. Perfect for chilly days, it's packed with red lentils and vegetables, and you can also add ham hock
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Units:
- 2 litres ham or vegetable stock
- 2 medium carrotschopped
- 1 onionchopped
- 1 small swedechopped
- 250g red lentils
- 2 potatoesroughly chopped
- 300g ham hockroughly chopped or shredded (optional)
- chopped parsleyto serve
- crusty breadto serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal314
- fat4g
- saturates1g
- carbs42g
- sugars10g
- fibre8g
- protein23g
- salt2.22g
Method
step 1
Pour the stock in a large saucepan with the carrots, onion, swede and lentils. Season well, then simmer over a medium heat for about 40 mins. Add the potatoes and cook for a further 20 mins until the potatoes have cooked through and the lentils have collapsed.
step 2
Stir in the ham, if using, and cook for a few minutes to reheat. Season to taste, scatter over the chopped parsley and serve with crusty bread.
