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Pumpkin and Lentil Soup with Quark

Pumpkin and Lentil Soup with Quark


Ingredients

1 tbls olive oil

1 leek, washed and diced

1 garlic clove, crushed

2 cups butternut or Jap' pumpkin, peeled and de seeded

2 potato’s, peeled

½ cup split red lentils, washed

500ml veggie or organic chicken stock

1 cup quark (optional)

1 Bay Leaf

Sauté the leeks in the oil until starting to soften. Now add the garlic and stir. Next, the veggies and lentils. Stir to coat. Pour in the stock, add a bay leaf and bring to a boil. Drop to a simmer for about 30 minutes or until the veggie and lentils are cooked (soft).

Allow to cool a little then blend until smooth. Finally, stir in the quark. 

Comments (2) +

  • Where do you get the quark from? Corinna
  • I make a similar dish. The interchangeables here are delete potato and ad more pumpkin. I usually fry up the lentils for just one minute with the onions and garlic - releases more flavour and you do not have to wash the lentils. If quark unavailable, cream, yoghurt or tasty cheese crumbs added at last moment before serving is good. For a bit of heat try tabasco (many others use curry - I find tabasco gives a better kick! Experiment - it's a great basic of pumpkin and lentils. Gary
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