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Piquant Lentil Soup / Pikans Lencseleves

Added on Thu Nov 8 2007

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The Story Behind The Recipe

If you eat lentil soup on the first day of the year, you will be happy, lucky and rich in that year!!! Don't forget to try it! And it's very good for hangover, after a wild new years eve party. Read More

" This hearty soup will warm you up, on a cold snowy night. "

This recipe belongs to 'Winter Warmers'

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The Basics

• Dish: Soups
• cuisine: Hungarian
• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 12hrs 0 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• ½lb lentils
• 2 carrots
• 1 parsnip
• 1 small onion
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 heaping tbsp flour
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp spice mixture
• ½ tbsp spicy paprika paste
• 1 tbsp mustard
• ¾ cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vinegar
• ½ bunch parsley
• 14 oz sausages
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Method

Soak the lentils overnight, or at least for 2-3 hours. Clean the vegetables. Chop the carrot and parsnip into small pieces. First saute the onion on hot oil, then add the other vegetables. Sift on the flour, mix well then cover with 11/2 quarts of water. Add the drained lentil, bring to boil while stirring constantly. Add the spices then cook on low heat until tender. Mix the sour cream with a few spoonfuls of the hot soup then add mixture to the soup to thicken. Add some vinegar to taste. Finally, stir in the sausage cut into slices and finely chopped parsley.