One of the few dishes that I have been preparing regularly for several years since I moved out from my parents' place and that I can eat at any moment even several times in the same week is the lentils soup.
I don't remember any more what the origins of this recipe are, I just remember the many many times that I could share this amazing soup with my friends and family and loved ones, and everybody seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.
It does help that it's an incredibly easy recipe, it just takes a bit of time for cooking but the preparation is basically none. As for tools you'll just need a big pot possibly with an (heavy) lid, a big spoon/ladle, and a knife.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Pick-me-up by night: pumpkin and potato
Original recipe
Tired, cold, hungry, and it's already late at night. I restrain myself from preparing the classical spaghetti midnight recipe and go for veggies: a soupy mix of potatoes and pumpkin dices.
In a small pot I warm up a bit of olive oil. Then I fry a big shallot and a clove of garlic, both minced. In the meantime I dice a medium/big unpeeled potato and a bit less than twice the quantity of pumpkin. I also boil up some water with the water boiler.
When the shallot is bronzed I add the dices of potatoes and pumpkin, a pinch of salt, a lot of black just-ground pepper, one very small crushed dried chili, some rosemary, a vegetarian bouillon (lacking stock) and water to just cover all the dices. I mix vigorously with a spatula. I bring it to a boil and then lower the fire to a simmer. I mix again a bit with the spatula and then I proceed to forget the pot on the fire for around half an hour.
When I come back the water covers only half of the exquisitely soft dices. We wolf it down hot, topped with a generous portion of grated parmesan cheese. Then the night can go on.
Tired, cold, hungry, and it's already late at night. I restrain myself from preparing the classical spaghetti midnight recipe and go for veggies: a soupy mix of potatoes and pumpkin dices.
In a small pot I warm up a bit of olive oil. Then I fry a big shallot and a clove of garlic, both minced. In the meantime I dice a medium/big unpeeled potato and a bit less than twice the quantity of pumpkin. I also boil up some water with the water boiler.
When the shallot is bronzed I add the dices of potatoes and pumpkin, a pinch of salt, a lot of black just-ground pepper, one very small crushed dried chili, some rosemary, a vegetarian bouillon (lacking stock) and water to just cover all the dices. I mix vigorously with a spatula. I bring it to a boil and then lower the fire to a simmer. I mix again a bit with the spatula and then I proceed to forget the pot on the fire for around half an hour.
When I come back the water covers only half of the exquisitely soft dices. We wolf it down hot, topped with a generous portion of grated parmesan cheese. Then the night can go on.
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