Rice with Puy lentils. - Riz avec Lentilles de Puy.

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Rice with Puy lentils. - Riz avec Lentilles de Puy.

Serves 4 as Side.

This is a very simple, but extremly delicious dish. The key to success is using very the nice tasting green French puy lentils. No other kind of pulse will do with this recipe.

• 3 dl short grain or risotto rice
  
• 10 dl chicken stock
  
• 2 T butter
  
• 1 T extra virgin olive oil.
  
• 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
  
• 3 dl Green Puy Lentils
  
• 1 T chopped fresh thyme
  
• spicy chorizo sausage, or good quality dried spicy sausage.
  
• 1 T freshly chopped chives.
  
• fresh coarse salt
  

Fry the onions softly in 1 tablespoon of butter.

Stir in the rice and add the chicken stock. Bring put on a lid and bring to boil.

Bring down the heat so the chicken stock only simmers and then let it simmer til the stock has been wholely reduced and the rice is done. Meanwhile the rice is cooking, in another pot, add the puy lentils, one tablespoon of olive oil. and cover it with water so the lentils will "swim freely".

Chop the chorizo and add it to this pot. Add the sausage and the fresh thyme . Bring to boil and season with lots of salt (to the point where you think there is a good abundant salty flavor). Cook the lentils until they are all soft, and probably add more water if there seems to be a dryness to the pan.

When both the rice and the lentils are ready. Mix them togheter throughly with a spoon, adding another tablespoon of butter. Right before serving, garnish the dish with the fresh chives.

Keywords: Rice, Vegetables, French, Easy, Side, Pork

( RG1634 )