Such a different lentil soup-puree, or a meeting place between East and West

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Lentil puree soup is a great first course that can please not only with a delicate taste, but also enrich the body with valuable vitamins and minerals. Preparing it is quite simple, especially when the culinary world offers so many interesting options.

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This Turkish lentil soup is often referred to as the "poor man's dish". In part, this definition is correct, because it was originally served in simple rural families.

So, for its preparation you will need: a quarter kilogram of red lentils, 1 large onion, 1 tablespoon of flour, olive oil and butter, about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, dried mint, s alt, paprika and pepper.

To create such a lentil soup puree, first it is thoroughly washed, then poured with two liters of cold water, allowed to boil and left to languish until the beans are boiled. Then the fire is turned off.

Next on butterfry the onion until translucent. Remove it and transfer to lentils.

In the same pan again melt some butter, but this time mixed with olive oil. As soon as everything is heated, add flour and fry with constant stirring until a nutty smell appears. At this point, tomato paste and spices are introduced, a pinch of each. Simmer again for two to three minutes and transfer to the lentils and onions, mixing thoroughly.

The final step in cooking is mashing the soup. This is done with a blender. After that, the dish is s alted, decorated and served.

Dinner for a diplomat

However, these beans are loved not only in rural areas. That is why the chefs of the aristocracy developed red lentil soup puree, worthy of the table of courtiers and diplomats.

So, to cook it, you will need: a quarter kilogram of lentils, large tomato and onion (1 each), 1 red bell pepper, a variety of smoked meats, ground red hot pepper and s alt, olive oil.

The process of creation itself is as follows: in a frying pan with olive oil, all vegetables are fried, cut in any form. As soon as they acquire a golden hue, lentils are poured into them and stewed with the addition of a small amount of water until it becomes soft. Then pour the resulting mixture into a saucepan, pour it with a liter of water and boil for fifteen minutes.

The soup is removed from the heat, allowed to cool slightly, crushed with a blender. But in order for him to acquire true aristocracy, smoked meatscut into thin strips, put on a plate and pour over the resulting soup-puree.

Greetings from Naples

But on the Italian "boot" this first course is somewhat different both in the list of products and in the way of preparation.

So, Neapolitan lentil soup puree will require: two hundred grams of lentils, one each of onions, celery root and carrots, pasta - about 50 grams and cream, sunflower oil - 1 tablespoon

All vegetables should be washed well and put in a saucepan, pour them with two glasses of water. The future broth must be cooked until the lentils are fully cooked, which means about two hours. After that, it is necessary to remove onions, celery and carrots from it, cool a little and chop with a blender or rub through a sieve.

Pasta should be cooked in advance until half cooked. It, along with three tablespoons of cream and butter, should be added to the lentil soup puree. Then s alt everything and serve.

These are such simple yet delicious recipes for cooking "poor people's dishes".