HEARTY LEEK, CARROT AND BACON SOUP

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This soup is ideal for a lunch or supper on a cold day. All you need with it is some nice crusty bread. The lentils will thicken it, so no messing about with flour and much healthier! It will serve 3 or 4 as a main course or 6 as a starter for a dinner.

Provided by English Sunset

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 1h15m

Yield 3 large bowls or 6 small bowls, 3-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

40 g pancetta
5 g low-fat butter
2 leeks, sliced
3 carrots, sliced
25 fluid ounces chicken stock
5 fluid ounces dry white wine
3 tablespoons lentils
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
salt
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro)
3 tablespoons low-fat creme fraiche
extra coriander (to garnish)

Steps:

  • In a large saucepan or cocotte, fry the bacon in the butter for 3 minutes.
  • Add all other ingredients except the crème fraîche and the extra coriander.
  • Bring to the boil and simmer for and hour.
  • Serve in bowls with a swirl of crème fraîche and the reserved coriander on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 206.4, Fat 3.4, SaturatedFat 0.9, Cholesterol 7.5, Sodium 414.2, Carbohydrate 27, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 9.8, Protein 8.9

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