Recipe - Cotechino Con Lenticchie - Fresh Salami With Stewed Lenti

Stephen Ceideburg
1 Onion, cut or sliced up
500 g Lentils
1 2/3 l Hot water
2 Cloves garlic
Fresh mint
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Cotechno salami
Olive oil

Cotechino can be found in any good Italian delicatessen. Ideally, cook it
with the lentils. However, like all sausages, it is fatty, so the
instructions that follow are (sigh) healthier.

In a little olive oil, cook 1 onion, cut or sliced up , until transpar ent. Add 500 g
Lentils and 1.7 L hot water. Add 2 cloves garlic and some fresh mint. Cover
the pan and simmer gently for about 1 1 One half hours or until the lentils are
cooked and little liquid remains. Season with salt and pepper.

Meanwhile, prick the cotechino in several places with a fine skewer, put it
in a saucepan, cover with cold water and simmer slowly for about the same
time (or follow label instructions). Tip the lentils into a serving dish,
slice the cotechino thickly and arrange on top. Serve.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/1/93.
Courtesy Mark Herron.

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