1 cup lentils, dried quick-cooking
6 cup water
2 bacon, slices, diced
1 leek or green onion, *
1 carrot, large, finely chopped
1 celery, stalk, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp unbleached flour
1 tbsp vinegar
4 frankfurters, thickly sliced
1 tbsp catsup, tomato
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions
* Leek or Green Onion should be finely chopped.
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++++++++++++++++++ Wash the lentils thoroughly. In a 2 1/2-quart
saucepan bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add the lentils, bacon,
leek or green onion, carrot and celery. Simmer, partially covered,
for 30 to 40 minutes. Meanwhile in a frypan, saute chopped onion in
vegetable oil until soft. Sprinkle flour over onion, and stir. Lower
heat, stir constantly, and cook until the flour turns a light brown.
DO NOT burn flour. Stir in 1/2 cup of hot lentil soup into the
browned flour; beat with a wire whisk until well-blended. Beat in
vinegar. Add contents of frypan to lentil pan and stir together.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils are soft.
Add the frankfurters and catsup. Cook to heat frankfurters through.
Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.
Servings: 4 servings
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