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Big soup

Name: Big soup
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: bacon lardons 200g; leeks 2, chopped; garlic 2 cloves, crushed; carrots 2, diced; celery 2 sticks, diced; red lentils 4 tbsp; pearl barley 4 tbsp; chicken stock 1 litre; tomato purée 1 tbsp; flat-leaf parsley finely chopped to make 2 tbsp

35 minutes
serves 6
Easy

Make this all-in-one soup for a midweek winter warmer. It's packed full of nutritious veg, lentils, pearl barley and salty lardons

By Janine Ratcliffe

Published: October 14, 2019 at 4:18 pm

Try our big soup then check out our winter pistou soup, spicy butter bean soup, tomato soup and more warming soup recipes. Why not bake a batch of homemade bread rolls to serve on the side, too?

Ingredients

bacon lardons 200g
leeks 2, chopped
garlic 2 cloves, crushed
carrots 2, diced
celery 2 sticks, diced
red lentils 4 tbsp
pearl barley 4 tbsp
chicken stock 1 litre
tomato purée 1 tbsp
flat-leaf parsley finely chopped to make 2 tbsp

Method

Step 1

Heat a large pan and add the bacon lardons. Cook until golden and the fat has rendered down, then add the leeks, garlic, carrots, celery and 1 tsp salt, and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes until the veg has softened. Stir in the lentils, pearl barley, stock and tomato purée, then simmer for 15 minutes or until the barley and lentils are tender. Stir in the parsley and simmer for another couple of minutes before serving.