Velouté de Lentilles du Puy

On its own a simple warming teatime soup, but with Toulouse sausages, confit de canard or just a few slices of good bacon, this will make a hearty meal. Use Puy lentils, if you can find them. These little moss-green discs are the best in France, with a delicate, almost sweet flavour and a rich mineral content. The Puy lentil is grown in the Haute-Loire, not far from Lyon, where the mountains protect the lentils from too much rain. The French take their Puy lentils very seriously inde