Jack'S Chardonnay And Red Lentil Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced celery
1 1/2 cups red lentils (or any color you choose)
3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (or an equal amount of water)
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 sprig fresh dill
1 lemon (juice and zest)
1 cup Chardonnay wine or 1 cup dry champagne
salt and pepper
1/4 cup diced carrot
2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation

Saute onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil.
Place sauteed vegetables, dry red lentils, and broth into large soup pot.
Cover and simmer 1 hour.
Add rosemary, dill, salt, pepper and the juice and zest from 1 lemon.
Simmer approximately another 1/2 hour.
(The zest of the lemon is the yellow layer of the peel. Remove using a zester or a fine grater.).
Add Chardonnay and serve.