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Tomato, Lentil and Thyme Soup (Thermomix)

Deborah
A definite winner...it's so delicious, comforting and full of flavour!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Lunch, Soup, Starter
Cuisine British
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

If you don't have the Cookidoo app for your Thermomix follow the recipe below:

  • 30g olive oil
  • 160g onions quartered
  • 100g celery stalks cut in pieces (3 cm)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 200g red split lentils
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • 2 to 3 sprigs fresh thyme leaves only
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 800g vegetable stock (made using 2 stock cubes or pots - see Notes)
  • 1.5 tsp fine sea salt
  • 0.5 tsp ground black pepper or to taste

Instructions
 

  • Place the oil, onions, celery and garlic in the mixing bowl then chop 5 seconds/speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula, then sauté 5 minutes/ 100°C/speed 1.
  • Add the lentils, bay leaves, thyme, tomatoes, stock, salt and pepper then cook 30 minutes/100°C/reverse/slow speed (spoon symbol). Remove the bay leaves before serving.
  • Enjoy with some nice crusty bread!

Notes

  • We have a large bay bush in our garden so use fresh bay leaves instead of dried.
  • The first time making this I didn’t have 2 vegetable stock pots to make up the 800g of stock, so I used one vegetable stock pot and one chicken stock pot…they worked really well!
 
Recipe on UK Cookidoo
Tomato, Lentil and Thyme Soup
 
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