1 cup lentils, Dried Quick-Cooking
6 cups water
2 slices bacon, Diced
1 leek or green onion, finely chopped
1 large carrot, Finely Chopped
1 celery, Stalk, Finely Chopped
1 onion, Finely Chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons unbleached flour
1 tablespoon vinegar
4 hot dogs/frankfurters, thickly sliced
1 tablespoon catsup, Tomato
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Wash the lentils thoroughly.
In a 2 1/2-quart saucepan bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
Add the lentils, bacon, leek or green onion, carrot and celery.
Simmer, partially covered, for 30 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile in a frypan, saute chopped onion in vegetable oil until soft.
Sprinkle flour over onion, and stir.
Lower heat, stir constantly, and cook until the flour turns a light brown.
DO NOT burn flour.
Stir in 1/2 cup of hot lentil soup into the browned flour; beat with a wire
whisk until well-blended.
Beat in vinegar.
Add contents of frypan to lentil pan and stir together.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils are soft.
Add the hot dogs/frankfurters and catsup. Cook to heat hot
dogs/frankfurters through.
Season with salt and pepper and serve hot. Makes 4 servings.