Showing posts with label Cafe Guilia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cafe Guilia. Show all posts

Thursday, December 3, 2009

So Long, Farewell

Well, I though this day would never come, but the Lentil soup at Guilia has been taken off the menu.
I've been too upset until now to even mention it, now I'm plain angry.
All part of the grieving process, so I'm told.
Anyhoo, please regard my post about the soup made earlier this year as a tribute now.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Lentil Soup - Lentil as Anything

My housemate, Travis was starving for a Lentil soup this weekend, and I was happy to oblige.
This is how it rolled:

2 tbsp olive oil
2 brown onions, diced
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cubes vege bullion
1 tbsp sweet paprika
1tpsp dried mixes herbs
2 tsp mustard
300g French green lentils, rinsed
3 carrots, peeled and cubed
4 potatoes cubed
2 cups spinach chopped
5 medium tomatoes diced
salt and pepper to taste
Water (probably 2 litres)
1 1/2 cups minced parsley

to dress: minced shallots and a drizzle of balsamic


Fry onions until soft, add garlic and herbs/mustard and saute for a minute.
add in bullion and lentils, dry fry for a couple of minutes with all the vegies and salt and pepper and add water.
simmer for 40 minutes to an hour, adding more water if needed.
stir in parsley just before serving.

...and that's it! basic.
Luckily, Trav loves basic stuff, I'm pretty sure he loved the soup.

If you don't have an obliging house-mate, or, if you're out and about, Matthew, at Cafe Guilia in Chippendale makes an awesome lentil soup. It's so good, I eat it 3 times a week, and I feel confident that I'll never, ever get sick of it.