Recipe Lentil Soup Scottish
Add the turnip and well rinsed red lentils and stir well.
Recipe lentil soup scottish. Mix in the vegetables and garlic and fry for another 5 minutes until soft. This simple soup is filling comforting and perfect for cold weather days. Prep time 20 mins.
Grate rutabaga and carrots i use my food processor add to cooking mixture. All are equally good. Heat the oil in a large pan over a high heat.
Scottish lentil soup is a deliciously creamy soup combining red lentils with neeps potato carrot and with the option of ham or keeping it vegetarian. Our recipe gives you two options. My easy scottish red lentil soup is much quicker to make and can also be vegetarian.
Cut up ham into bite size chunks dice onion and leeks. Cook time 1 hr 30 mins. Total time 1 hr 50 mins.
Add the stock stir and cook for 30 minutes on a medium heat until the vegetables and lentils are soft. How to make traditional ham stock soak the ham hough overnight in cold water. Wash the lentils in a sieve under cold running water.
In the morning discard the water then bring the hough to a boil in more water. In a large pot saute the onion garlic and leeks in olive oil for a few minutes until softened. Add oil to large soup pot and fry over medium heat until golden then add the diced ham and fry until it changes color.