Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup
Currently the Cook the Books club is taking a tour through the culinary history of the US by reading The United States of Arugula by David Kamp. I wanted to reflect the current trend among top-level chefs of going back to homey food and went for a variation of the classic lentil soup.
Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup
Adapted from Ad hoc at home by Thomas Keller
Ingredients:
8 ounces smoked bacon, cut into 1/2-inch strips
3 Tbsp canola oil
3 carrots, thinly sliced
1 leek, sliced
1 onion, diced
1 tsp yellow curry powder, or to taste
2 medium sweet potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 cups lentils
8 cups vegetable stock
1-2 Tbsp vinegar
salt and pepper
Method:
In a soup pot, heat the oil and fry the bacon on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the carrots, leek, onion and curry powder and fry for a couple minutes more. Add the lentils and stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the lentils are tender. Add the vinegar and salt and pepper to taste.
Adapted from Ad hoc at home by Thomas Keller
Ingredients:
8 ounces smoked bacon, cut into 1/2-inch strips
3 Tbsp canola oil
3 carrots, thinly sliced
1 leek, sliced
1 onion, diced
1 tsp yellow curry powder, or to taste
2 medium sweet potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 cups lentils
8 cups vegetable stock
1-2 Tbsp vinegar
salt and pepper
Method:
In a soup pot, heat the oil and fry the bacon on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the carrots, leek, onion and curry powder and fry for a couple minutes more. Add the lentils and stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the lentils are tender. Add the vinegar and salt and pepper to taste.
7 comments:
What a great name for a book! I'll have to check it out. Soup looks delicious!
Good to see you back at Cook the Books! We love our book club hombres!
Lentils are the only vegetable/pulse, I don't eat with joy, but I have bookmarked this for future recerence!
I definitely learned a lot from this book---it was a great selection for CTB---as is your inspirational soup here.
We are actually in full summer mode here, but today for some reason a bit chilly and rainy, so your soup would hit the spot. Sounds good.
I have never had a lentil soup with sweet potatoes and now I want to try. Thanks!
Fun to see you again at Cook the Books. ;-) I love homey food and I am happy to see the excellent versions at my favorite restaurants. Your soup looks like wonderful comfort food!
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