Lentils or Linsen Soup

Name: Lentils or Linsen Soup
Ingredients: ¼ cup celery, diced; 2 cups lentils; 1 small onion; 3 qts. cold water; salt and pepper; 3 lbs. brisket of beef, or; 2 tablespoons flour; A ham bone; salt and pepper; 1 lb. smoked sausage, or; Croutons

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Settlement Cook Book

By Lizzie Black Kander

Published 1903

About

Ingredients

2 cups lentils
¼ cup celery, diced
3 qts.

Soup

Method

The lentils are washed in cold water, then soaked in cold water over night. Made same as Dried Pea Soup. One cup of strained tomato improves the flavor.