German Lentil Soup

Name: German Lentil Soup
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 300g green or brown lentils; 200g smoked ham hock or bacon; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 1.5L pork or chicken stock; 1 tsp dried marjoram; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; salt and pepper to taste

A hearty soup of smoked ham and lentils, simmered with root vegetables and fragrant marjoram until thick and warming.

Total time

115 min

Prep

70 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

German

Ingredients

300ggreen or brown lentils

200gsmoked ham hock or bacon

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1large onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

1.5Lpork or chicken stock

1 tspdried marjoram

2 tbspwhite wine vinegar

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Soak lentils in cold water 1 hour. Drain.

Fry bacon with onion, carrot and celery 8 minutes.

Add garlic, lentils, stock and marjoram. Bring to boil.

Simmer 45 minutes until lentils are tender.

Add vinegar, season.

Remove ham hock, shred meat and return to pot.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

0.8g

Fat

0.1g

Carbs

6.6g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

39mg

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