Ingredients
Soup
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 brown onion
- 3 pieces short crust bacon, rindless, trimmed and cut into 3 cm pieces
- 100 grams red lentils
- 30 grams olive oil
- 2 cans 400g diced tomatos
- 1 heaped teaspoons vegetable stock
- 700 grams water
- some basil to your liking
- 1 pinch salt
Accessories you need
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Spatula TM5/TM6
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Place onion, bacon and garlic in the thermomix and chop 4 sec/speed 5.
Scrape down the sides with the spatula and add 30g of olive oil and saute 3 mins/120 degrees/speed 1.
Add water, vegetable stock, red lentils, diced tomatos and cook 20 mins/100 degrees/speed 1.
Add a handful of basil and blend 1 min/Speed 5-9, increasing speed gradually.
Tip
Some people may say bacon is not healthy - but a small amount of fat is good for you in my view and this is still a very healthy recipe but you can reduce the amount of bacon if you want to be super careful.
For a spicy flavour - add a tsp of curry powder after Step 1 before Step 2 - exclude basil if using curry.
For a chuncky soup do not do Step 4 - or perhaps do half smooth and silky and half chunky for some variety.
Add a dollop of sour cream and swirl it through as another option.
Thermomix Model
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Recipe is created forTM 5
If you are using a Thermomix® TM6 measuring cup with your Thermomix® TM5:
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Comments
A delicious creamy soup, quick to make from basic ingredients.
i added some cooked sweet potato that I had for nutrition and to balance the acidity of the tomato.
Definitely deserves 5 stars, easy, healthy and very delish. Thank you!
Have a fantastic day.
Fiona.
Yummy and easy, kids love it.
i chop and cook the bacon first, then set aside (I add it to the smooth soup at the end because my kids love bacon!) To the main ingredients I also add red capsicum and carrot to boost the veg content.
Excellent last minute dinner with crusty bread.
Simple, yummy, quick and easy. Might add some chilli next time.
Easy and quick dinner, very tasty I added a chilli for some kick.
Made this soup for lunch today. It was delish. Sub 4 raw tomatos, no garlic, no basil. i loved it.
Lisa Crofts
Perfect quick tasty dinner
Delicious!
I added a tin of chick peas and some smoked paprika. So easy and so tasty!
Yummmmm
This soup is easy and absolutely delicious! I cut the bacon down to two rashers and it was smoky enough for me. Thoroughly recomend this one.