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Black Bean or Lentil Soup

From The Rural cook book, 1907

Serves 6

Serve with squares of toast.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • a pint of black beans or lentils
  • a bay leaf
  • some cloves
  • a stalk of celery
  • two slices of bacon
  • half a minced onion

Method

  1. Soak beans or lentils overnight, parboil, and boil in fresh water until soft.

  2. Add bay leaf, cloves, and celery.

  3. Brown bacon with onion, add to soup, and serve with toast.

Nutrition per serving

171Calories
9 gProtein
25 gCarbs
4 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Bean or Lentil Soup, — Soak a pint of black beans or lentils over night. In the morning, parboil ihem. Boil gently in fresh water until soft enough to rub through a sieve. Add a bay leaf, some cloves, and a stalk of celery. Brown two slices of bacon cut in dice with half a minced onion

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