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Scottish lentil soup

Two bowls of lentil soup with vegetables and torn ham hock

Scottish lentil soup

Name: Scottish lentil soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 2 litres ham or vegetable stock; 2 medium carrots chopped; 1 onion chopped; 1 small swede chopped; 250g red lentils; 2 potatoes roughly chopped; 300g ham hock roughly chopped or shredded (optional); chopped parsley to serve; crusty bread to serve

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 10 mins

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Make our hearty Scottish lentil soup for a warming lunch. Perfect for chilly days, it's packed with red lentils and vegetables, and you can also add ham hock

Egg-free

High-protein

Low calorie

Low fat

Low sugar

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Ingredients

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2 litres ham or vegetable stock
2 medium carrots

chopped
1 onion

chopped
1 small swede

chopped
250g red lentils
2 potatoes

roughly chopped
300g ham hock

roughly chopped or shredded (optional)
chopped parsley

to serve
crusty bread

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal314
fat4g
saturates1g
carbs42g
sugars10g
fibre8g
protein23g
salt2.22g

Method

step 1

Pour the stock in a large saucepan with the carrots, onion, swede and lentils. Season well, then simmer over a medium heat for about 40 mins. Add the potatoes and cook for a further 20 mins until the potatoes have cooked through and the lentils have collapsed.
step 2

Stir in the ham, if using, and cook for a few minutes to reheat. Season to taste, scatter over the chopped parsley and serve with crusty bread.

Samuel Goldsmith

Sam is Good Food’s Senior Food Editor and Podcast Editor. He has over 15 years’ experience in the food and drink industry as an editor, writer, educator and cook. After teaching food and nutrition, he moved into food journalism, before working on Woman & Home, Country Homes & Interiors and Homes & Gardens. Samuel is also Chair of the Guild of Food Writers and author of The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook. See more of Sam's recipes

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