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Potage Lentils, Montagnarde

Soak one and a half pints lentils in cold water six hours at least; drain. Heat one ounce butter in a saucepan, add one finely sliced onion, four sliced leeks and half pound salt pork cut in small pieces; mix well and brown for ten minutes, stirring meanwhile; then add the drained lentils with four medium, peeled, sliced potatoes, two branches parsley, one branch chervil, one bean sound garlic, two bay leaves, two cloves and one and a half teaspoons crushed allspice; moisten with three quarts hot water, season with one teaspoon salt and half teaspoon white pepper, mix well, cover pan and let boil for two hours. Remove, press through sieve into a basin, replace in same saucepan with half pint hot milk, one gill cream and a quarter ounce good butter; mix well, let boil ten minutes, strain through a Chinese strainer into a soup tureen, and serve with a plate of bread croutons separately.