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Am going thru all the cookbooks for you. It's not in Todd Wilbur's Top Secret Restaurant recipe book, but found one in Emeril LaGasse's cookbook plus the one in the VIP Cookbook from VA. I'll post that one now. Emeril's is a ragout but sure that you would like that too. It sounds great. Here's the one from VIP:

Lentil Soup

Serves: 6-8
Prep: 20 min.


1 pound dried lentils 2 soup cans water
1 tsp. olive oil 1 tsp. white pepper
1 large carrot 12 whole cloves
1 large stalk celery 1 bay leaf
1 med. onion juice of 1/2 lemon
1 med. potato ham slivers
1 14-1/2 oz. can chicken broth kielbasa

Cover lentils with water, bring to boil and pour off water. Do this 3 times. Put olive oil in large pot. Dice carrot, celery, onion and potato very fine and saute on low heat 15-20 min. (I place a sheet of waxed paper over vegetables to keep flavor in). Add lentils, chicken broth and 2 cans water. Add pepper, cloves and bay leaf. Bring to boil and simmer 1 hour. Add lemon juice. Ham slivers or sliced kielbasa can be added to make a heartier soup.

Here's Emeril's (Favorite recipes from his restaurants)

Sun Dried Tomato and Lentil Ragout

1) Heat the oil in a med. saucepan over med-high heat. Add the onions, carrots, and celery and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 min. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 min. Add the lentils, veg. stock, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until the lentils are just tender, about 18 min. Remove from heat.

2) Add the tomatoes, stir well, and let stand for 10 min. Stir in the parsley. Serve warm. Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients:

3 Tb. olive oil
1/2 c. chopped yellow onions
1/2 c. chopped carrots
1/2 c. chopped celery
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 pound brown lentils, rinsed and picked over
3-1/2 c. vegetable stock
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. freshly gr. black pepper
1/4 c. oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
1/2 c. chopped fresh parsley

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