Lentil soup from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (page 99) by Marcella Hazan

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  • mharriman on December 18, 2019

    Like others who left notes, we enjoyed this soup. I forgot to buy the pancetta, so I used bacon. I really liked the long simmered tomatoes as a base for the soup. I agree that three tablespoons of butter and one of oil makes this a richer lentil soup than other lentil recipes out there. My soup needed a cup plus of water to keep its soup-like consistency towards the end of the simmering time. I served mine with a crusty Italian bread, mixed green salad, and Toscana wine. A good late fall/ winter soup because it’s substantial and filling on a cold night.

  • clcorbi on February 22, 2017

    Delicious! We did make quite a few changes: bacon in place of pancetta (crisped in the soup pan so that the fat could be used for sautéeing the veggies), all beef broth rather than a mix of beef broth and water, and we had no celery so we used double the carrot and added a sprinkle of celery seeds. All that said, the outcome was delicious! This soup is indeed very rich (although in my case, I suspect a lot of that has to do with the extra fat from the bacon). With a slice of crusty bread rubbed with garlic, it made a lovely dinner.

  • adrienneyoung on August 22, 2016

    A wonderful soup. Can be brightened with a bit of vinegar (balsamic? sherry?). Also good with a bit of red wine in it, with a parmesan rind, with a bit of pancetta. Any or all of the above. Though it IS all gilding the lily. Absolutely none of these changes are necessary: it really is a wonderful soup just as it is.

  • westminstr on January 21, 2014

    Excellent, though a bit richer than my normal lentil soup. Made 1.5 times the recipe; next time I'd double it.

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