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One of our grocery chains does a tomato, bacon and lentil soup that we love, so I thought I’d try and recreate it in the Thermomix. This is a filling soup that’s great for cold winter lunches and it’s quick and easy to make.

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Tomato, Bacon and Lentil Soup

A chunky tomato-based soup flavoured filled with bacon. lentils and vegetables.

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Course Soup

Servings 2 litres (approx)

Ingredients

1 red onion peeled and quartered
1 large leek white part only, cut into 1 cm pieces
1 clove garlic peeled
4 pieces rindless short cut bacon fat trimmed and cut into 3cm pieces
20 g olive oil
2 carrots peeled and diced into 1cm pieces
1 tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
130 g dried green lentils rinsed
800 g canned diced tomatoes
50 g tomato paste
20 g Worcestershire sauce
40 g Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
Pepper to season

Instructions

Put onion, leeks, garlic and bacon into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the measuring cup (MC) on for 3 seconds | Speed 5
Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil and cook with the MC off for 4 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1
Add remaining ingredients into the Thermomix bowl and stir to combine
Add enough water to reach the 2L mark in the Thermomix bowl and cook for 30 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft with the Thermomix basket sitting on top of the lid
Remove bay leaf before serving