Carrabas Sausage and Lentil Soup

From: Chef #809882

On Apr 5, 2008

I have never eaten at Carrabas. I have, however been on a mission to find a terrific lentil soup. This is it! I used ground hot sausage and used ground cayenne pepper instead of flakes. This is absolutely perfect! I may use more zucchini next time but why mess with perfection? Weekly rotation, for sure! I can't thank you enough.

From: Cooks4_6

On Feb 18, 2008

I am not rating this as a comparison to Carrabba's, because I have never tried theirs. The flavor of this soup was a bit bland, and I cannot put my finger on why. I added about 1T of basil, oregano and parsley and 1t of thyme, pepper. I might increase those a bit, use crushed tomatoes instead of diced and 1/2 to 1 cup less of lentils next time. Definitely worth a second attempt.

From: Goochie137

On Feb 21, 2007

I can't compair this to Carrabas, but this was amazing, and I got lots of compliments. I am not good at judging spice amounts, so I went to the community boards and asked for help. SuperSpike came to the rescue and gave me some suggested amounts to use. Black pepper 1/4 tsp if finely ground or 1/2 tsp if coarse. Basil 1 tsp, oregano 1 tsp, parsley 1 tsp and thyme 1/2 tsp. I used her suggestions exactly and I will use those again, amazing taste. Thank you for your recipe.

From: Cul_de_sac_Barbie

On Mar 10, 2008

I changed the recipe quite a bit bacause I sis not have all of the ingredients. I elimated the zucchini, instead adding baby bella mushrooms and spinich. I reduced the lentils to 1 1/2 cups, and at the end I added 2 additional cups of chicken broth (It was too think for me). After all of that the soup got rave reviews from my family. I will make again.