This is just as good if you use dried lentils and cook them first (follow the instructions on the packet, throwing a couple of peeled cloves of garlic into the cooking water, but not salt which will toughen the lentils if added before they are properly soft).
Ingredients
- 4 rashers of thin cut streaky bacon
- 3 tbsp olive oil a sachet or tin of cooked puy lentils
- a clove of garlic
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- a handful of frisee lettuce
Method
- Heat a frying pan to very hot, and add 1tbsp oil.
- Snip the bacon across into strips with a pair of scissors and add to the pan.
- Cook briskly for a minute, then add the lentils, rinsed if they came from a tin, and a splash of water (or stock).
- Crush in the clove of garlic and cook, stirring constantly until really hot.
- Taste and season with salt, pepper and maybe a splash of chilli sauce, or a little more oil if the bacon wasn’t very fatty.
- Serve tumbled over the frisee lettuce.
Source: Telegrah Food & Drink
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