| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
French |
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 2 |
c |
Diced ham |
| 1 |
c |
Diced carrot |
| 1 |
md |
Diced onion |
| 1 |
tb |
Butter |
| 1 |
c |
Washed lentils <any variety> |
| 4 |
c |
Chicken broth |
| 1 |
c |
Water |
| 2 |
ts |
Dried thyme -or- |
| 2 |
tb |
Chopped fresh thyme |
| 1 |
|
Bay leaf |
INSTRUCTIONS
Saute ham, carrots and onion in butter over med heat for 8-10 mins. Add
remaining ingredients.
Simmer for 1 hour.The lentils will be cooked by then. Now remove a cup
soup from the pot..make sure there are mostly lentils in the cup. Using a
potato masher, mash up the lentils and vegs in the soup pot really
well....oh! take the bay leaf OUT of the pot before the mashing begins. The
soup will thicken nicely. Pour back the cup of lentils and soup. Add
1Tbsp.red wine vinegar and 2Tbsp.butter to the pot, and whisk. Serve hot
with some good crusty french stick. If anyone would like the Curried Lentil
Soup with Ham recipe, I'd be happy to post it. It is excellent as well.
Pierre Franey has passed away. He died of heart failure whilst sailing on
the QEII, yesterday. Pierre Franey was the executive chef of the famous
LePavillion restaurant, and the equally famous La Cote Basque, in NYC.He
created the "60 Minute Gourmet"column in the New York Times in 1976. He has
written many books <i think 15> on cooking and his travels. I was planning
to post my left over ham solution...which happens to be a variation of
Franey's lentil soup he prepared during the research and writing of his
12th book: Cooking in France. The recipe contained in the book is Curried
Lentil Soup with Ham. The variation was prepared by him in Provence, on his
TV tour. I furiously scribbled it down as he was preparing it. I'm glad I
did, as I haven't seen it published in any of his books. Here it is:
Posted to FOODWINE Digest 16 October 96
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:46:29 -0400
From: "alexandra z." <madnorth@NETCOM.CA>
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