Lentil soup with caraway
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Total time: 55 min • Prep: 18 min • Cook: 37 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
Packed with vegetables and lentils, this soup is a hearty meal in a bowl. The caraway seeds lend a nutty, delicate, anise flavor to this soothing soup. Double this recipe (using an 8-quart Dutch oven) to make a really large batch. It’ll take about the same amount of time, and you can freeze half the soup for almost-instant meals later. Chicken broth may be substituted for the vegetable broth. Try stirring in a couple of teaspoons of balsamic vinegar just before serving to give it extra sparkle and zing. The parsley and radish topping adds a fresh, peppery, crunchy contrast to the warm soup.
Ingredients
Olive oil
1 Tbsp
Uncooked leeks
2 medium, trimmed to white and light-green parts, cleaned, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
Caraway seeds
¾ tsp, crushed
Ground allspice
½ tsp
Vegetable broth
6 cup(s), reduced-sodium
Uncooked sweet potato
1 large, peeled and chopped
Uncooked parsnip
2 medium, peeled, quartered lengthwise, and thinly sliced
Dried lentils
½ pound(s), picked over, rinsed, and drained
Table salt
½ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp, freshly ground
Fresh parsley
¾ cup(s), flat-leaf, finely chopped
Radishes
6 medium, thinly sliced
Spinach
1 bunch(es), small, cleaned, stems discarded, and leaves roughly chopped
Instructions
1
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the caraway seeds and allspice and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the broth, potato, parsnips, and lentils; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables and lentils are softened, about 20 minutes. Stir in the salt and pepper.
2
Meanwhile, combine 1⁄4 cup of the parsley and the radishes in a small bowl.
3
Remove the soup from the heat; stir in the remaining 1⁄2 cup parsley and the spinach. Garnish each serving with the parsley-radish mixture. Yields about 1 1⁄3 cups soup with about 2 tablespoons radish mixture per serving.
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