Italian Meat - Pork, Ham and Sausage Recipes - Lentils and Garlic Sausage (Salsicce di Lenticchie e Aglio) Recipe

Ingredients

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil

• 2 onions, sliced

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 225 g/8 oz/1 1/3 cups green lentils, soaked for 2 hours and drained

• 450 g/1lb tomatoes, skinned and chopped

• 600 ml/1 pt/2 1/2 cups pork or chicken stock

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 450 g/1lb Italian sausages

• 30 ml/2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

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Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan and fry (sauté) the onions for 3 minutes.

2. Stir in the garlic and lentils and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and stock and season with salt and pepper.

3. Cover with a lid and simmer for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally until the lentils are tender.

4. Grill (broil) the sausages 10 minutes before the end of cooking.

5. Pour the lentils into a serving dish, place the sausages on top and garnish with the chopped parsley.