Title: RED LENTIL SOUP (TURKISH)
Categories: Soups
Yield: 1 servings
1 1/2 c Red lentils
8 c Meat stock
2 md Size onions
2 tb Butter
1/2 tb Flour
1 c Milk
3 Egg yolks
1 tb Salt
1/2 ts Black pepper
6 Slices of bread
2 tb Oil
1- Wash the lentils. Put them in meat stock and 1 cup
of water. Cook for 35-40 minutes until they are
tender. Pass them through a sieve. 2- Melt the butter
in anothe saucepan. Add chopped onions and fry them
lightly for 7-8 minutes. Add flour. Brown for 1 minute
more. Add them to the meat stock with the lentil
puree. Add slat and pepper and let simmer. 3- Beat the
egg yolks with cold milk. Add to the boiling soup, mix
well. Turn the heat off as soon as it starts boiling.
Serve with bread cubes fried in oil.
