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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Hungarian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Make croutons: melt butter with olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add bread cubes and stir gently until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and set side. | 2. Melt 1 T. butter in heavy Dutch oven over mediium heat. Add ham and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 6 cups stock, lentils, chili, and savory. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are tender but firm to bire, stirring occasionall, about 30 minutes. | 3. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and bell pepper. Stir until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes. Stir mixture into soup. Add enough stock to cover. | 4. Wipe out skillet. Add 3 T. butter and melt over medium-low heat. Add flour and stir until light, about 6 minutes. Whisk in 2 cups stock. Bring to boil, whisking constantly. Add to soup. Stir in the tomato puree and 3 T. vinegar. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Thin soup to desired consistency with stock. Season with remaining 1 T. vinegar, salt and generous amount of pepper. Discard chili. Garnish soup with Sauteed Croutons and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1	tablespoon	unsalted	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
ham	6	ounces	smoked cut	416.745	0.0	29.6484	32.0979
beef stock	8 -10	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lentil	1			81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
red chili	1			-	-	-	-
savory	1	pinch	crumbled dried	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	2		chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
carrot	2		peeled diced	50.02	11.6876	1.1346	0.2928
red bell pepper	1		diced	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
garlic clove	2		minced	-	-	-	-
butter	3	tablespoons	unsalted	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
purpose flour	3	tablespoons		201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
tomato puree	1	cup		95.0	22.45	4.125	0.525
red wine vinegar	4	tablespoons		11.324000000000002	0.1609	0.0238	0.0
salt black pepper			ground	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
butter	1/4	cup		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
loaf white bread	1/2		trimmed cubed	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.