Lentil, kale and sausage soup
Posted February 8, 2011 – 3:52 pm in: One Pot Meals, Soup
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 Italian sausages
- 1 large red onion, finely chopped
- 1 leek (white part only), sliced
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 156 ml can tomato paste
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups chopped kale leaves
- 540 ml can lentils, rinsed and drained
- grated parmesan (optional)
Directions:
- Heat a large, wide saucepan over medium. Add oil, then sausages. Turn sausages occasionally until they lose their pink colour, 4 to 6 min. Remove to a plate.
- Add onion, leek, carrots and garlic to pan. Cook until onion starts to soften, about 3 min.
- Meanwhile, thinly slice sausages.
- Stir in tomato paste, coriander, salt, sausages and any juices.
- Continue to cook, stirring frequently, 5 more minutes.
- Pour in 4 cups water. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in kale and reduce heat to medium.
- Cover and gently boil, stirring occasionally, until kale is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Stir in lentils and warm through.
- If soup is too thick, stir in more water.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with parmesan.
- Serve immediately.