vegetable broth with lentils

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another broth recipe to try.

 

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Italian Vegetable Broth

 

Recipe By :Paola Scaravelli and Jon Cohen

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Soups

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 tablespoons butter

3 onions -- chopped

2 celery stalks with leaves -- chopped

2 leeks (white and green) -- chopped

3 carrots -- chopped

2 cups shredded cabbage

1/2 cup lentils

1 cup peeled diced potatoes

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1/4 cup chopped basil

8 whole peppercorns -- or more

3 garlic cloves

2 bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon salt

pinch nutmeg

3 quarts water

 

1. Melt the butter in a stockpot and saute together the onions, celery, leeks

and carrots for a few minutes, until the onion begin to color. Stir in all the

remaining ingredients, add the water, bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and

simmer covered for 2 hours. Remove from the heat and use as required. Yield is

approximate.

 

VARIATION: use olive oil instead of butter and use one-third the quantity: 84

Calories; 2g Fat (18.1% calories from fat); 4g Dietary Fiber.

 

Description:

" Brodo Vegetale: usual veggies plus lentils "

Cuisine:

" Italian "

Source:

" Cooking from an Italian Garden 1984 "

Yield:

" 12 cups "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 105 Calories; 4g Fat (33.7% calories from

fat); 4g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 10mg Cholesterol; 156mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1 Fat.

 

NOTES : Use this broth on its own, strained or unstrained, or add rice or soup

pasta. Use strained in recipes that require vegetable broth. For a light cream

of vegetable soup, puree the vegetables, add cream and serve. The broth will

keep up to a week in the refrigerator or may be frozen.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 793 0 0 0 926047 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

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