Here is a ridiculously simple recipe for Lentil Soup with Sausage. It’s healthy, tasty, and you can freeze most of it for use later if you don’t feel like downing the whole gallon at one sitting.
Lentil Soup with Sausage
Description
Here is a ridiculously simple recipe for Lentil Soup with Sausage. It’s healthy, tasty, and you can freeze most of it for use later if you don’t feel like downing the whole gallon at one sitting.
Ingredients
1/2 cup Umbrian Lentils
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 link of sausage (sweet Italian, spicy, turkey, to-furkey…whatever you like!), removed from its casing
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 of a small can of tomato paste
4 cups of water
2 chopped sage leaves
salt and pepper
Instructions
Boil the 1/2 cup of lentils in water for 20 minutes to cook. Set aside.
In a large stock pot, sauté the chopped onion and celery in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Cook them until they start to soften and turn translucent – about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the chopped garlic and the 1 link of sausage. Break apart the sausage into small chunks with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Cook for about 7-10 minutes.
Deglaze by adding 1/2 cup white wine.
Then add the half can of tomato paste and 4 cups of water.
Simmer for 15 minutes, then add the cooked lentils and 2 chopped sage leaves.
Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve. With cheese and crackers!
