Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, hearty bacon and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hearty bacon and lentil soup using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hearty Bacon and Lentil Soup:

1. Prepare 1 lb lentils
2. Prepare 8 slice smoked bacon
3. Get 2 clove garlic
4. Take 2 carrots
5. Make ready 1 leek
6. Take 2 celery stalks
7. Prepare 1 large onion finely chopped

Steps to make Hearty Bacon and Lentil Soup:

1. Put lentils in a large pan and cover with cold water. Make sure the water is at least an inch deeper than lentils. Leave pan uncovered.
2. Bring to boil for a couple of minutes then cover pan and simmer for 10 mins. Keep an eye on it as it can boil over. If you think it needs more water add 1/2 pint. It can be reduced if you add to much.
3. Slice carrots and celery into bite size pieces.
4. Cut bacon into inch sized pieces
5. Saute bacon, onion, celery, leek, carrots and garlic for 10 mins.
6. Add bacon mix to lentils and simmer for 10 mins.
7. Blend if you like.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with warm crusty bread.

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