Lentil soup puree is a great first course, which can please not only with a delicate taste, but also enrich the body with valuable vitamins and minerals. Cooking it is quite simple, especially when world culinary offers so many interesting options.
Merdzimek Chorbasy
This Turkish lentil soup puree is often referred to as the “dish of the poor.” In part, this definition is true, because it was originally filed in simple rural families.
So, for its preparation you will need: a quarter kilogram of red lentils, 1 large onion, 1 tablespoon of flour, olive and butter, about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, dried mint, salt, paprika and pepper.
To create such a lentil soup puree, first it is thoroughly washed, then it is poured with two liters of cold water, allowed to boil and left to simmer until the beans are boiled. After which the fire is turned off.
Next, onion is fried in butter until a translucent state. Remove it and transfer to lentils.
In the same pan again melt a little butter, but this time in a mixture with olive. Once everything has warmed up, add the flour and fry until stirring until a nutty smell appears. At this point, tomato paste and spices are introduced, a pinch of each. They again languish for two to three minutes and transfer to lentils and onions, mixing thoroughly.
The final stage of preparation is chopping the soup in mashed potatoes. This is done with a blender. After which the dish is salted, decorated and served.
Lunch for the diplomat
However, these beans are loved not only in rural areas. And therefore, the culinary specialists of the aristocracy developed a soup puree of red lentils, worthy of a table of courtiers and diplomats.
So, to cook it, you will need: a quarter kilogram of lentils, large tomatoes and onions (1 each), 1 red bell pepper, a variety of smoked meats, red ground hot pepper and salt, olive oil.
The process of creation itself is as follows: in a pan with olive oil all vegetables are chopped, chopped in any shape. As soon as they get a golden hue, pour lentils to them and stew with the addition of a small amount of water until it becomes soft. Then pour the mixture into a pan, pour it with a liter of water and cook for fifteen minutes.
The soup is removed from the heat, allowed to cool slightly, crushed with a blender. But so that he acquires true aristocracy, smoked meats are cut into thin strips, put on a plate and pour the resulting pureed soup.
Greetings from Naples
But on the Italian “boot” this first dish is somewhat different both in the list of products and in the way of cooking.
So, Neapolitan-style lentil soup soup will require: two hundred grams of lentils, one each of onion, celery root and carrot, pasta - about 50 grams and cream, sunflower oil - 1 tbsp.
All vegetables should be washed well and put in a pan, pour them with two glasses of water. Cook the future broth until the lentils are ready, which means about two hours. Then it is necessary to extract onion, celery and carrots from it, cool slightly and grind it with a blender or rub through a sieve.
Prepare the paste in advance until half-cooked. It, along with three tablespoons of cream and butter, must be added to the lentil soup puree. Then salt everything and serve.
Here are such simple, but at the same time tasty cooking options for the “dishes of the poor”.