German
Linsensuppe (German Lentil Soup with Bacon)
Linsensuppe (German Lentil Soup with Bacon) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups brown or green lentils, dried
- 4 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery root, diced
- 1 medium waxy potato, peeled and diced
- 6 cups beef broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
How to cook it
- Cook the diced speck in a large pot over medium heat for 5 minutes, until the fat renders and it turns golden.
- Add the onion, carrots, celery root, and potato to the pot and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens.
- Rinse the lentils, then stir them into the pot along with the bay leaf and broth, bring to a boil, and lower the heat to a simmer, cooking uncovered for 35 minutes until the lentils and vegetables are tender.
- Remove the bay leaf and stir in the red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and scatter the parsley over the top; this hearty one-pot needs nothing else at the table.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Linsensuppe (German Lentil Soup with Bacon), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Linsensuppe (German Lentil Soup with Bacon) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Linsensuppe (German Lentil Soup with Bacon) takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on lentil, bacon, potato, and carrot.
From the same kitchens
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Does the same job on the plate
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Cook this with your whole family
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