One of our grocery chains does a tomato, bacon and lentil soup that we love, so I thought I’d try and recreate it in the Thermomix. This is a filling soup that’s great for cold winter lunches and it’s quick and easy to make.
Makes 2L
Ingredients
1 red onion, peeled and quartered
1 large leek, white part only, cut into 1 cm pieces
1 clove garlic, peeled
4 pieces rindless short cut bacon, fat trimmed and cut into 3cm pieces
20g olive oil
2 carrots, peeled and diced into 1cm pieces
1 tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
130g dried green lentils, rinsed
2 x 400g diced tomatoes
50g tomato paste
20g Worcestershire sauce
40g Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
Pepper, to season
Instructions
1. Put onion, leeks, garlic and bacon into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the measuring cup (MC) on for 3 seconds/Speed 5
2. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil and cook with the MC off for 4 minutes/Varoma/Speed 1
3. Add remaining ingredients into the Thermomix bowl and stir to combine
4. Add enough water to reach the 2L mark in the Thermomix bowl and cook for 30 minutes/100C/Reverse/Speed soft with the Thermomix basket sitting on top of the lid
5. Remove bay leaf before serving
[updated: August 17, 2014]
