German Lentil Sausage Stew

German Lentil Sausage Stew

With the recent cool weather at last, I'm ready for soups and stews.  I recently received a recipe for Lentil Sausage Stew from Viking River Cruises.  It seems that ever since I traveled on one of their cruises I get recipes from them.  And the recipes are usually quite good as was the food on the ship during our trip.  Lentils are a favorite of mine and they cook rather quickly compared to other dried legumes.  This stew is chocked full with potatoes, carrots, onions and leeks.  So I consider it healthful.

This German Lentil Sausage Stew seemed to fit the bill so here's the recipe.

Ingredients
8 oz (227 g) lentils
6 oz (170 g) smoked bacon
1 T (17 g) tomato paste
2½ C (592 g) low sodium beef broth
2 med carrots, peeled and diced
1 med onion, diced
2 med leeks, white and pale green parts only, diced
1 lg white potato, diced
¼ C (10 g) parsley, chopped
3 precooked smoked sausages, sliced
Apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Clean and rinse lentils and place in a medium saucepan with bacon, tomato paste and broth. Add water to generously cover lentils; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer about 30 minutes or until lentils are tender but still intact. Add carrots, onion, leeks and potato; simmer 20 minutes more. Remove bacon, dice and return to soup. Add parsley, sausage, vinegar, salt and pepper and serve hot.

Lentils, tomato paste, bacon in beef broth.

Add vegetables. 

Remove bacon and dice. 

Cook for final 20 minutes with bacon added. 

Add parsley. 

Add smoked sausage when ready to serve. 

Prep time: 8 minutes.Cook time: 50 minutes.Makes 6-8 servings.

This really hit the spot for supper during these cool (actually cold) evenings. So if you are looking for something new this fall/winter, I can heartily recommend this.