Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pasta and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fall and Winter are soup time. Lentil stew is also a traditional part of Italian New Years Eve. Chef Tony shows us his very easy and simple lentil soup. A tasty, complete and healthy meal in one bowl.

pasta and lentil soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. pasta and lentil soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta and lentil soup using 13 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make pasta and lentil soup:

1. Prepare 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2. Make ready 1/2 onion chopped
3. Take 1/2 onion chopped
4. Get 4 garlic cloves smashed
5. Make ready 4 garlic cloves smashed
6. Get 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
7. Make ready 2 tbsp tomatoe paste
8. Take 2 cup low sodium chicken broth
9. Get 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese plus 1 piece of rind (optional)
10. Make ready 8 oz orecchiette pasta
11. Prepare 2 14 oz cans of lentils (1 drained and rinsed, 1 undrained)
12. Get 1/3 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
13. Get 1 kosher salt to taste

Pasta and Lentil Soup. "Pasta con Lenticche". "Pasta chi Linticchi". Lentil soup is a meatless dish, in fact it is made simply with dry lentils, onions, celery, tomatoes, oil, salt and pepper. Lentils are a staple food in the Middle East, India and in other countries where no meat is consumed. This soup is truly a complete meal, with protein and fiber delivered by earthy lentils and delicious pasta which soaks up the flavor of tomatoes and vegetable broth.

Instructions to make pasta and lentil soup:

1. heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, add the onion,garlic and pepper flakes and cook,stirring occasionally,until the onion is slightly soft,about 2 minutes. Remove 1 tbsp of the flavored olive oil and set aside. Add tomatoe paste and cook,stirring, 2 more minutes. Add chicken broth, 4 cups water and the cheese rind if using. Bring to a boil, then add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add lentils along with the liquid from one of the cans; reduce heat to medium low and simmer until the pasta is tender, 10-12 more minutes.
2. Meanwhile, which 1 tbsp parsley and 1 tbsp of water into the reserved flavored oil. Stir 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and the remaining parsley into the soup; remove the cheese rind(if using) and add salt to taste. Ladle into bowls; drizzle with flavored olive oil and top with remaining parmesan cheese. serve with bread

Lentils are a staple food in the Middle East, India and in other countries where no meat is consumed. This soup is truly a complete meal, with protein and fiber delivered by earthy lentils and delicious pasta which soaks up the flavor of tomatoes and vegetable broth. A vegetarian's dream, this soup will fill you up, keep you energized, and become go-to lunch in your home! Healthy vegan lentil soup with pasta, vegetables and lots of herbs, this is the perfect soup for a cold winter day. In fact, the pasta I used for this Umbrian lentil soup is from Abruzzo.

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