Recipe of Ultimate Italian Lentil Soup

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, italian lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Italian Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Italian Lentil Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have italian lentil soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Lentil Soup:

1. Take extra-virgin olive oil
2. Prepare onion large , chopped
3. Take carrots large , peeled and sliced
4. Take celery stalks, sliced
5. Take garlic , peeled and minced
6. Prepare vegetable stock
7. Take lentils rinsed (color doesn't really matter)
8. Prepare tomatoes fire-roasted diced
9. Prepare bay leaves
10. Prepare thyme dried
11. Make ready black pepper freshly-ground
12. Prepare red pepper of crushed
13. Make ready Parmesan cheese basil freshly-grated , finely-chopped fresh for topping

Steps to make Italian Lentil Soup:

1. Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots and celery, and saute for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the garlic and saute for an additional 1-2 minutes until fragrant, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the stock, lentils, tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme, black pepper, and crushed pepper, and stir to combine. Continue cooking until the mixture reaches a simmer.
3. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover the pot partially with the lid. Keeping the soup at a low simmer, continue cooking for about 25-30 minutes or until the lentils are tender and cooked through, stirring occasionally.
4. Taste, and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Remove bay leaves.
5. Serve warm, garnished with optional toppings if desired.

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