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Lentil Soup
(5 litre pressure cooker)

Serves: 6	Pressure Cooking Time 15 minutes
1 cup lentils  4 oz (120 g) ham cut into ¼ inch (½ cm) cubes 1 medium (5 oz / 150 g) onion chopped 1 medium (4 oz / 120 g) carrot chopped ½ cup celery chopped 1 small bay leaf  1 clove garlic finely chopped ½ tsp salt  ¾ cup tomato juice  4 cups water  1 tbsp wine vinegar
Method
1 Recipe can be reduced to one-third by reducing all ingredients proportionately. 2 Put all ingredients except vinegar in cooker. Stir. 3 Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes. 4 Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally. 5 Open cooker. Discard bay leaf. Mix half the soup lightly in a blender or mash it through a sieve. 6 Return blended soup to the remaining soup in cooker. Add vinegar. Stir. Reheat. Serve hot.