Ingredients to make lentil soup to combat the cold:
- For 4 people:
- 1 carrot
- 3 garlic cloves
- 300 grams of lentils
- 100 grams cured ham
- 2 spring onions
- 1 leek
- 50 grams alfalfa sprouts
- Water
- extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
How to make lentil soup to fight the cold:
- Cook the lentils in the slow cooker. Clean the vegetables (1 spring onion, leek and carrot) and chop them into small squares.
- Add them to the pot, season and close the lid. Let cook for 5 minutes, from the moment the steam begins to come out.
- When they are cooked, crush them with the blender and reserve in the pot.
- Finely chop the other spring onion and garlic. Saute in a frying pan with a little oil.
- Chop the ham and incorporate it, add the alfalfa sprouts. Briefly sauté and pour over soup.
- Mix gently and transfer the soup to a tureen. If the edges are stained, clean them with kitchen paper.