Recipe: Blonde lentils in salade niçoise

Name: Blonde lentils in salade niçoise
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 200 g de lentilles blondes (St Flour); Pour la \\"Niçoise\\"; 3 poivrons de couleur différentes dégrainés et taillés en petits dés.; 2 tomates émondées et taillées en petits dés; 6 feuilles d'olivier émincées; 6 olives noires émincées; 2 gousses d'ail dégermées et émincées(la peau gardée); thym et laurier; huile d'olive; sel fin et piment d'Espelette.

By chef patrick Asfaux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 (15 reviews) Starters

Prep 30 min

Cook 25 min

Rest 1h

Total 1h55

Servings 4 serv.

Ingredients for 4 servings

200 g of blonde lentils (St Flour)
For the "Niçoise"
3 bell peppers of different colors, deseeded and cut into small dice.
2 blanched tomatoes and cut into small dice
6 olive leaves thinly sliced
6 black olives thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, degemmed and thinly sliced (skin kept)
thyme and bay leaf
olive oil
fine salt and Espelette pepper.

Step-by-step directions

1 In a pot pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil then add the bell peppers, tomato, olives, olive leaves, salt and pepper with Espelette, cover and let simmer 30 minutes on low heat.

2 In another pot, pour a little oil then add the lentils and add liquid to 4 times the volume then in a tea infuser ball place thyme bay leaf and garlic skin then cook with the lentils cooking 22 minutes salt only in the last 5 minutes then turn off while covered 10 minutes.

3 Drain your lentils and pour them into your Niçoise bring to a boil taste it then let cool and wait until tomorrow to enjoy this delicious salad.

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