Lactose Free Lentil Soup With Horseradish

• 1 leek sliced
• 1 carrot peeled and diced
• 7 ounces celeriac peeled and diced
• 1 onion peeled and halved
• 2 cloves garlic peeled, 1 crushed, 1 finely diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 2 cloves
• 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley leaves fresh, stripped from stalks and discarded
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 9 ounces red lentils
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 4 sprigs leaves
• 8 sprigs fresh marjoram
• 3 sprigs summer savoury fresh, or sage, tied together with kitchen string
• 1 stick celery finely sliced
• 9 ounces cherry tomatoes halved
• 3 tablespoons horseradish sauce
• 3 tablespoons sour cream lactose free

1. Place the leek, carrot, celeriac, onion and crushed garlic in a large saucepan and pour in 5 cups of cold water. Add the bay leaf, salt, peppercorns, cloves, parsley stalks and thyme. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 mins.
2. Heat the oil in a separate saucepan and saute the diced garlic for 1 min. Add the lentils, tomato puree and marjoram and sweat gently for 2 mins. Pour in the contents of the first pan, add the savoury or sage and bring to a boil. Simmer over a low heat for 10 mins, stirring frequently. Add the celery and simmer for 5 mins. Remove the savoury and add the tomatoes. Season with salt, black pepper and a pinch of sugar.
3. In a bowl, mix the horseradish and sour cream. Ladle the soup into bowls and spoon in dollops of horseradish cream. Serve garnished with marjoram.

carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt, black peppercorns, cloves, flat leaf parsley, thyme, olive oil, red lentils, tomato puruee, leaves, marjoram, summer, celery, tomatoes, horseradish sauce, sour cream

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Lactose-Free-Lentil-Soup-with-Horseradish-1409795 (may not work)