ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP 

YOU WILL NEED:

• 1 carrot

• 1 onion

• 1 stick celery

• 15g ( 2oz ) butter

• 1 tablespoon oil

• 250g ( 80z ) bacon bones

• 250g ( 80z ) lentils

• 400g can tomatoes

• 1 liter ( 4 cups ) water

• 2 beef stock cubes of pepper

• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

ITALIAN LENTIL SOUP  RECIPE

Peel and chop onion and carrot, chop celery; heat butter and oil in a pan, add onion, celery, and carrot, and cook, stirring until onion is transparent. Add bacon bones, lentils, undrained tomatoes ( crush tomatoes with a fork or potato masher ), water, and crumbled stock cubes. 

Cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered for 1½ hours or until lentils are as tender as desired. Remove and discard bacon bones, season with pepper, and add parsley.

Serves 4

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