Jack's Chardonnay And Red Lentil Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1 1/2 cups red lentils (or any color you choose)
• 3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (or an equal amount of water)
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh dill
• 1 lemon (juice and zest)
• 1 cup chardonnay wine or 1 cup dry champagne
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup diced carrot
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 saute onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil.
• 2 place sauteed vegetables, dry red lentils, and broth into large soup pot.
• 3 cover and simmer 1 hour.
• 4 add rosemary, dill, salt, pepper and the juice and zest from 1 lemon.
• 5 simmer approximately another 1/2 hour.
• 6 (the zest of the lemon is the yellow layer of the peel. remove using a zester or a fine grater.).
• 7 add chardonnay and serve.