Glenda’s Winter Lentil Soup is a delicious combination of red lentils, vegetables, bacon and orange juice! My family can’t have enough of it, I’m sure yours will love it too!
Hello fellow food lovers, this is my first ever post and I’ve no idea how this all works but hopefully through trial and error I will learn! I thought I would start with one of my family’s favourite soups. Lentils, bacon and chunky vegetables are married off with a citrus zing. This soup, which I adapted, came from a TV Times pullout and must be more than twenty years old. The recipe was submitted by Glenda McKay who used to play Rachel in Emmerdale. I love a clean bowl and that’s exactly what I get after serving this soup. It can be served as a main meal with plenty of crusty bread and topped with grated cheddar and parsley.
I’m afraid I was in such a rush to get my rolls into the airing cupboard to rise before doing the school run yesterday, that I left the soup simmering on the hob for double the time it should have been. Hence the photo of my soup is less defined and more mushy than usual. But my husband said he really liked it as it was more dhal like. It is a very forgiving soup and still tasted great. For the bacon I use whatever I have in the fridge whether its smoked of back it doesn’t matter.
More Winter Soups
I’m sure you’ll love Glenda’s Winter Lentil Soup! For more soup inspiration check out the following recipes too!
- Curried Root Vegetable Soup
- Leftover Winter Vegetable Soup
- Lentil & Ham Soup
- Lamb, Vegetable & Lentil Soup with Cabbage
- Scottish Red Lentil & Barley Soup
- Cauliflower Cheese Soup
Glenda's Winter Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 large parsnip
- 2 leeks washed
- 4 rashers streaky bacon rinded
- 3 tbsp oil
- 8 oz / 225g red lentils
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 pts / 1.1 litres chicken or vegetable stock
- juice of a large orange
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- chopped parsley or grated cheese
Instructions
- Peel and finely chop onion.
- Peel and chop carrots.
- Peel parsnip and cut into chunks.
- Trim and slice leeks.
- Finely chop bacon.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a deep pan and fry bacon until browned.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.
- Add onion to pan and gently fry over low heat to soften. Reserve with bacon.
- Heat remaining oil, add carrots, parsnips and leeks and stir for 2 mins. Return bacon and onion to pan and add lentils.
- Stir in tomato puree and stock.
- Bring to the boil then simmer covered for 25 mins or until lentils and vegetables are tender.
- Stir in orange juice and season.
- Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley or grated cheese (or both).
Christina Conte
I love that this is your first post, ever! And orange in a soup is so unique! I’ve never heard of this before! Sounds lovely! Thanks for including my soup, too!
Camilla
Thanks Christina, it really is a fabulous recipe so I really should re-shoot it!
June Etherington
This has a really good look about it. I love all the ingredients. Ideal for even now when we still get the odd chilly days. Would also be good in a nice big pot with a nice chunk op french bread stick to dip in on a bbq day as not everyone like bbq’d food.
Camilla
I love this soup June and we have it all year round:-)
Jo Hutchinson
A very pretty soup.