Juicy sausage and lentil stew with tangy salsa verde
Course Main Course
Keyword salsa verde, sausage and lentil stew, sausages, stew
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Cost £
Ingredients
6high-welfare pork sausages
250gbacon lardons
2 x 400gtinned green lentils
1tbspcider vinegar
1onion, finely diced
2carrots, finely chopped
2celery sticks, finely diced
3garlic cloves, finely chopped
2bay leaves
Instructions
Make a salsa verde (see blog post)
In a large pan, heat some olive oil, add the onion, celery, and carrots and cook for 10 mins until nice and soft. Add the garlic for 2 mins.
Drain the tinned lentils and add to the pan. Add a little salt and stir until the lentils are well coated with the oil and vegetables.Add some water - to stop the lentils from drying out - and keep on a low heat to make sure everything is warmed through.
In a frying pan, cooked the sausages with a little oil until they are cooked through and nicely browned - approx 10 mins. Remove from the heat.Remove the lentils from the heat and add a splash of vinegar to taste, checking the seasoning - adding more salt and pepper if necessary, to taste.Serve the lentils with the sausages and a big dollop of salsa verde.