{"id":2151,"date":"2017-02-10T06:51:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2018-02-23T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T23:32:40","slug":"red-lentil-and-chorizo-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/red-lentil-and-chorizo-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Lentil and Chorizo Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a hankering for some lentils, and I found a recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcgoodfood.com\/recipes\/3020698\/red-lentil-and-chorizo-soup\">Red Lentil and Chorizo Soup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was spectacularly good. I took a few creative liberties with the recipe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I replaced the chicken stock with vegetable stock<\/li>\n<li>I used both Plain Yogurt and Sour Cream (one dollop of each on top!)<\/li>\n<li>I used up all the chorizo on about half the soup, so more Chorizo is definitely desirable<\/li>\n<li>I used more generous helpings of the olive oil, spices, and garlic<\/li>\n<li>I used ground cumin rather than cumin seeds<\/li>\n<li>I avoided the sugar<\/li>\n<li>I didn&#8217;t blend it at the end at all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This recipe is relatively easy and absolutely fantastic. It&#8217;s definitely joining my regular repertoire!<\/p>\n<p>To preserve it for posterity in case the BBC changes its links or whatever else might happen, the recipe is copied below:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"responsive-tabs__pane-title\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling<\/li>\n<li>200g cooking chorizo, peeled and diced<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 carrots, chopped<\/li>\n<li>pinch of cumin seeds<\/li>\n<li>3 garlic cloves, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp smoked paprika, plus extra for sprinkling<\/li>\n<li>small splash red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>250g red lentil<\/li>\n<li>2 x 400g cans chopped tomato<\/li>\n<li>850ml vegetable\u00a0stock<\/li>\n<li>plain yogurt and\/or sour cream, to serve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"responsive-tabs__pane-title\">Method<\/h2>\n<div class=\"method\">\n<ol class=\"method__list\">\n<li class=\"method__item\">Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the chorizo and cook until crisp and it has released its oils. Remove with a slotted spoon into a bowl, leaving the fat in the pan. Fry the onion, carrots and cumin seeds for 10 mins until soft and glistening, then add the garlic and fry for 1 min more. Scatter over the paprika and cook for 1 min, then splash in the vinegar. Simmer for a moment, then stir in the lentils, and pour over the tomatoes and vegetable stock.<\/li>\n<li class=\"method__item\">Give it a good stir, then simmer for 30 mins or until the lentils are tender.\u00a0<i>Can be made several days ahead or frozen for 6 months at this point.<\/i> Serve in bowls, drizzled with yogurt and olive oil, scattered with the chorizo and a sprinkling of paprika.<\/li>\n<li class=\"method__item\">Nom nom nom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a hankering for some lentils, and I found a recipe for Red Lentil and Chorizo Soup. It was spectacularly good. I took a few creative liberties with the recipe: I replaced the chicken stock with vegetable stock I used both Plain Yogurt and Sour Cream (one dollop of each on top!) I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[86,87,13],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything","tag-food","tag-recipes","tag-recommended"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}