Sherried Lentil Soup With Sausage And Croutons Recipes

SHERRIED LENTIL SOUP WITH SAUSAGE AND CROUTONS

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and cook over low heat until soft. Stir in thyme and a generous grinding of pepper. Add lentils and 8 cups stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until tender, about 45 minutes.
• While lentils cook, heat remaining oil in a skillet. Add bread and sauté over medium heat until lightly browned and crispy. Remove to a bowl. Add kielbasa to pan and sauté until lightly browned. Place in bowl with croutons, add parsley and toss. Set aside.
• Purée lentils in a food processor in several batches, but do not allow to become perfectly smooth. Return to pot and reheat. If soup is too thick, add 1 cup or more of stock. Season to taste with salt and stir in sherry. Serve, topping each portion with kielbasa and crouton mixture.

CARRABBA'S SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Brown sausage; drain off fat.
• In a large pot combine all ingredients bring to boil.
• Reduce heat,cover.
• Simmer for about 1 hour or until lentils are tender. Add water if necessary, for desired consistency. I like to puree about 1 cup of the soup and add back to pot to give it a thicker consistency.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

SPICY SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown and crumble the bulk sausage. Break it up into small pieces as it cooks. Sauté until the sausage is nicely browned and toasted. Drain the fat and set the sausage aside. Thoroughly rinse and drain the dried lentils in a colander and set aside. In a large stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the onions, carrots, and celery and add a sprinkle of salt & pepper. Stir to combine. Sauté the veggies until the onions are softened and translucent. Add the garlic and the seasonings to the veggie mix and stir to combine. Heat for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the tomato paste and tomato sauce, and stir to combine thoroughly with the veggies. Add the reserved sausage and lentils to the pot and stir to combine with the veggies. Pour in the chicken stock and water and stir. Bring the soup to a gentle simmer and then reduce the heat to low. Let the soup simmer for 2 hours stirring every 10 minutes or so to be sure nothing is sticking or burning on the bottom of the pot. Add 2 - 4 cups of water as needed when the broth becomes too thick.

LENTIL SOUP W/SAUSAGE AND POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over med-low heat. Saute carrots,onion, and celery till tender but not browned, about 10 min. When there is less than one minute left to cook vegetables, add garlic, and stir.
• 2. Stir in lentils,tomatoes, dried thyme, and chicken stock. Raise the heat, and bring to a boil. Then lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the potatoes, stir, and cook another 10 minutes. Add the kielbasi and water, stir, and cook another 5 minutes, until potatoes are tender, and sausage is heated through. Stir in balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. A delicious soup in just a little over an hour.

LENTIL SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cover the lentils with boiling water and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Drain.
• In a large stockpot over medium heat, heat the olive oil and saute the onions, leeks, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, and cumin for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are translucent and tender. Add the celery and carrots and saute for another 10 minutes. Add the chicken stock, tomato paste, and drained lentils, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 1 hour, or until the lentils are cooked through and tender. Check the seasonings. Add the kielbasa and red wine and simmer until the kielbasa is hot. Serve drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with grated Parmesan.
• Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, salt, and peppercorns in a 16 to 20-quart stockpot with 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Skim the surface as needed. Simmer uncovered for 4 hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander, discarding the chicken and vegetables, and chill. Discard the hardened fat, and then pack the broth in quart containers.

LENTIL AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large pot. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Add onion, celery and chopped garlic, and saute until tender and translucent. Stir in lentils, carrot, water, chicken broth and tomatoes. Season with garlic powder, parsley, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover, and simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until lentils are tender.
• Stir in pasta, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until pasta is tender.

VEGETABLE-LENTIL SOUP WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot, warm the oil over med-high heat.
• Add the onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic, carrot, and bell pepper and sauté for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the broth, lentils, tomatoes with their juices, paprika, and cumin.
• Season with ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer, cover, and cook until the lentils are very tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach and cook, uncovered, just until it is wilted, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the sherry.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve, using a vegetable peeler to garnish the soup with shavings of Parmesan.

HEALTHY SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook and stir onion and celery over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Add the sausage, carrot and garlic; cook 2-3 minutes longer or until onion is tender. , Stir in the broth, water, lentils, oregano, cumin and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until lentils and vegetables are tender. , Stir in the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and spinach; cook until heated through and spinach is wilted.

LENTIL SOUP WITH SMOKED SAUSAGE AND APPLES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with salt, and cook, stirring, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the half the chopped apples, and cook, stirring until softened, adjusting the heat as necessary to avoid scorching, about 5 minutes.
• Add the celery, garlic, sage and thyme, and stir to combine. Pour in the cider and let it come to a bubble. Add the sausage, lentils, nutmeg and 4 cups water to the pot. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and a generous amount of pepper. Let the soup come to a boil, then decrease the heat to maintain a low simmer. Cover the pot and cook until the lentils are tender, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Just before you are ready to eat, add the vinegar. Stir together the sour cream and mustard, then stir the mixture into the soup. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Serve in bowls topped with the scallions and remaining chopped apples.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Combine sausages, carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes, lentils, water, wine, oil, garlic, oregano, basil, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper in the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on Low until lentils are tender and sausage is no longer pink, 6 to 8 hours.
• When ready to serve, stir in spinach and cook until it wilts, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf.

LENTIL SOUP WITH KALE AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat the EVOO in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until browned. Add the garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, carrots, onions and potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the kale and nutmeg. Add the wine to deglaze the pot, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom. Stir in the chicken stock and 2 cups water and bring to boil (for thicker soup, use 2 cups less liquid).
• Stir in the lentils and cook at a low, bubbly simmer until the lentils are tender, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the rosemary stems and bay leaves.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and top with a drizzle of EVOO and the shaved Pecorino.