Spanish Lentil Stew
(from fearama’s recipe box)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 150 gram bacon cubes (lardons)
- 6 sausages
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1/2 an onion
- 8 spring-onions
- 250 gram tomatoes
- 250 gram green lentils
- 1 big carrot
- black pepper
Directions
- In a large cooking pan, heat up a tablespoon of olive oil and on a medium-to-high heat, start frying the lardons until they have released their fat.
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In the mean time, cut the sausages with a pair of scissors into small pieces. Stir fry the lardons with the pieces of sausage until the sausage is changing colour.
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Cut the garlic into very small pieces and add them to the pan – do the same with half the onion.
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Cut the spring-onions into small pieces; stir them into the mixture in the pan.
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Wash and cut the tomatoes into small pieces (the tomatoes should ideally be a sweeter and juicier type of tomatoes). Stir the tomatoes into the mixture in the pan.
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Rinse the lentils and add them to the pan.
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Cut the carrot in pieces and add it to the pan.
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Add water (circa 1/2 a liter)
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Bring the water to the boil and let it cook for about 3-4 minutes, thereafter lower the heat and let simmer for 45 mins. (occassionally stir).
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. Add pepper according to your own taste and this delicious dish is ready to be served.