Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pint of red Lentils
• 1 Onion
• 3 sticks of Celery
• 1 oz. of Butter or Dripping
• 3 pints of Water
• 1 teaspoonful of Salt
• 3 teaspoonful of Pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wash lentils in cold water; grease inside of an iron saucepan with the butter or dripping; peel and cut onion into quarters; cut green tops off celery, wash and cut in pieces.

2. 2

   Put onion, celery, and lentils into saucepan; put over the fire for 5 minutes with cover on; stir sometimes to prevent burning; pour water in; stir well.

3. 3

   Let the soup simmer from 1 to 1.5 hours; pour soup through wire sieve into a basin, rubbing the vegetables through with a wooden spoon; return soup to the saucepan; add pepper and salt.

4. 4

   When the soup boils, stir, and pour it in a basin or soup tureen and serve.

5. 5

   1 carrot is an improvement.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Instruction in cookery (London School Board receipts) (1890) by London (England). School Board, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i teaspoonful of Pepper. Two pennyworth of cooked or uncooked Bones. Mint and Toast. Method : — Wash the peas ; put them in a basin of cold water to soak one night ; next morning pour off all the water ; put the 2 quarts of water and the peas in a saucepan ; bring them to the boil. Peel the onions and turnip ; scrape the carrot and celery ; wash all except the onions and cut them into small squares ; add them and the bones to the peas. Let the soup simmer 2 hours. Skim sometimes. Take out the bones. _ Strain the soup through a wire sieve or colander into a basin ; nib all through with a wooden spoon. Pour soup back into the sauce- pan ; add pepper and salt ; stir until it boils. Pour the soup into a hot basin ; serve with powdered mint and squares of toast. Time, 3 hours. (32) LENTIL SOUP. Ingredients : — 1 pint of red Lentils. 1 Onion. 3 sticks of Celery. 1 oz. of Butter or Dripping. 3 pints of Water. 1 teaspoonful of Salt

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