Save my soup!

mojesius

Hi all,

I made a veg and lentil soup today. Basically did a standard veg soup base (celery, carrots, onion, garlic, parsnip, herbs bay leaf) bit of white wine, seasoning and then added green lentils. Hand blended it but it tastes weird, too savoury but not too salty if that makes sense.

I checked out a lot of veg and lentil soup recipes (didn't follow any of these) and noticed that many tended to be tomato/cumin based. Is t because the lentils add that gritty savoury taste and tomatoes / spices sweeten it up a bit?

Any ideas about how to save the soup? it's edible but I'm very disappointed. Cheers

The Hill Billy

Adding tomatoes &/or spices may only make it more savoury. A drop more white wine or a tsp or two if sugar may help.

To be honest, you may be best following recipes until you are comfortable in achieving good flavour balance.

tedpan

Too many ingredients. Try with 2 or 3, it's a bit of a confusion of tastes unfortunately.

mojesius

Cheers to both of you. Agreed too many ingredients and I need to stick to the recipe books! I get carried away with leftover ingredients sometimes. I added some of my baby's sweet veg medley puree and more water and it has made it tastier but definitely will stick to a more simple soup next time. Thanks again!

Dizzyblonde

There are lots of tried & tested recipes in our Souper Soup Thread too

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68791687

mojesius

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

There are lots of tried & tested recipes in our Souper Soup Thread too

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68791687

Thanks a lot for that!

Zero Point

I wouldn't recommend just throwing in spices afterwards. They need to be cooked through at the base stage.

Graces7

Adding an apple works wonders.

grahamor

This lentil soup recipe worked out really well for me - https://cookieandkate.com/2015/vegan-lentil-soup-recipe/