Smoked pancetta and lentil soup - Cookbook Recipes

Ingredients

• 80g bacon lardons or pancetta
• 1 tsp rapeseed oil
• 4 spring onions , finely sliced
• 200g carrots , finely diced
• 4 garlic cloves , finely diced
• 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves or 2 tsp dried
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 1.5l chicken stock
• 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
• 250g red lentils
• 250g savoy cabbage , sliced or Chinese leaf
• 5g fresh parsley