Lamb And Lentil Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 1/4-7 1/2 cups water or 6 1/4-7 1/2 cups stock
• 2 lbs lamb necks, cut into pieces
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 clove
• 2 fresh thyme sprigs
• 8 ounces potatoes
• 3/4 cup red lentil
• 2 1/2 cups water
• salt and pepper
• chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 pour 6 1/4 cups of water or stock into a large pan and add thelamb, chopped onion, crushed garlic, bay leaf, clove and thyme sprigs. bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer gently for about 1 hour, until lamb is tender.
• 2 peel the poataoes and cut them into rough 1 inch cubes. add them to the soup in the pan and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• 3 add the red lentils to the pan, stirring them gently into the stock, then seaon to taste with salt and plenty of pepper. add approximately 1 1/4 cups of warm water to completely cover the vegetables and meat.
• 4 bring the soup back to a boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until the lentils are cooked, stirring occasionally. add a little more water during cooking if the soup becomes too thick. just before serving, stir in chopped parsley.