Traditional recipe of homemade lentils
Today we will see the traditional recipe for lentils, homemade. A perfect dish now that the cold weather is coming.
Ingredients
- 500 g lentils
- 4 medium carrots
- 2 small potatoes
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/4 ham bone
- 3 sausages
- 2 black pudding
- 1 small piece of bacon
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- Crushed pepper
- Salt
Instructions
- We will start the night before, soaking our lentils in cold water.The next day, when we start our recipe we are going to drain the lentils well and reserve them.
- We are going to chop well the onion and the tomato previously peeled. The onion very small, so that it is not very noticeable when eating the lentils, and the tomato, to taste. I like to cut it into small cubes.Peel the carrots and potatoes, and cut them into medium pieces.
- In a casserole, put a little oil, and add the chopped onion and whole peeled garlic. We will sauté for about 10 minutes, over medium heat.After this time, add the carrots, potatoes and tomato. Sauté everything together for about five or six minutes.
- Add the ham bone and a teaspoon of paprika, also the bay leaf. Stir with a wooden spoon and add the lentils. Stir well to combine all the ingredients for 2 minutes and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil.
- For a few minutes, remove the foam they form. Once all the foam has been removed, add the sausages, the black pudding and the bacon, salt to taste and ground pepper.
- Put it on low heat once it is boiling and let it cook for one hour. Once this time has passed, test them to see if they are still a little hard. In that case, let it cook for a few more minutes.And now you have your delicious lentils ready.
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