Lentil and Sausage Soup for a Cold Winter's Night

Name: Lentil and Sausage Soup for a Cold Winter's Night
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups French green lentils; 2 dried bay leaves; 3 tablespoons olive oil (or bacon fat); 1 pound Italian pork sausage; 1 large yellow or white onion, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, smashed and chopped; 1 pinch Salt (more to taste); 3 celery stalks (and their leaves if possible), chopped; 1 tablespoon dried marjoram (or fresh marjoram, chopped); 1/2 cup sturdy red wine; 4 large carrots, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 4 cups chicken or beef stock (preferably homemade); 3 tablespoons ketchup; 2 cups chopped spinach (frozen is fine; just use 1 1/2 cups instead); 1/4 cup chopped parsley; 1 pinch Freshly ground black pepper (more to taste); 1 dash Red wine vinegar (more to taste)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:1h 15min

This hearty one-dish-supper soup recipe is in my regular fall-winter rotation. Sausage and lentil soup has been a family favorite for quite a long time.

Updated at: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:23:28 GMT