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Ingredients for Pork with Green Lentils (Petit Salé aux Lentilles)
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How to Cook Pork with Green Lentils (Petit Salé aux Lentilles)
- Salt the pork by rubbing it liberally with handfuls of salt. Leave to stand in the fridge for at least four hours (preferably overnight) in a non-reactive container (like a plastic box).
- Wash the salt off with cold water. Shake the meat dry then place it in a large pan and cover with cold water. Leave for 20 minutes to remove any impurities then pour off the water and stand the meat to one side.
- Peel the carrots and cut into ¾" (2cm) lengths. Cut the celery into ¾" (2cm) lengths. Peel and chop the onion. Apply a medium-low heat to the pan and add the duck or goose fat. Once the fat has melted, add the carrots, celery and onions, along with a healthy pinch of salt. Stir the vegetables to coat in the fat then cover the pan and sweat the vegetables for 5-8 minutes. Sweating helps to draw out moisture and softens the cell walls.
- Once the onions are translucent, add the lentils with just enough stock to cover them. Peel and crush (mince) the garlic. Add the bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, crushed garlic and the clove, then put the meat back in the pan. Cover the pan and cook on low heat (only just simmering, but no more) for one hour. Prick the sausages, brown them very quickly in a very hot frying pan, cut them in two, then add them to the Petit Salé. Cook for a further 20 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the pan. Allow to stand for 10 minutes to cool slightly then cut off any skin and fat and discard. Carve the meat into thick slices and stir it back into the Petit Salé. Serve hot in a soup plates with plenty of vegetables and a little cooking juice, together with a garnish of finely chopped parsley. It is ideally eaten with fresh crusty bread with a bottle of sturdy red to hand.
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If you can get hold of smoked sausages or spicy sausages like Merguez, it adds an extra dimension to this recipe. Also, Petit Salé is excellent reheated if you have some left.
Reviews of Pork with Green Lentils (Petit Salé aux Lentilles)
![]() I love these kinds of hearty pork and lentil dishes! Thanks for posting. I haven't thought about making petit sale in years, but now I have a serious craving for it! Madison (2 reviews) |
![]() Like all traditional French recipes this one has several versions and the one I learned growing up calls for saucisses de Morteau, 2 med. onions grossly cut and picked with cloves, 3 Tbsp of red wine vinegar (pour on onions when brown - "deglasser"), and salt pork cut in slices et voila for this variation. Maria (5 reviews) |
![]() Oh so yummy!! First time we had it, my oldest said he'd never had a dish of meat and veg so good! (That says a lot from a 13yr). I double the recipe (which equals 2lb lentils) and my 6 kids 13 and under ate the entire pot!! they all loved it! easy + quick + delicious + healthy = PERFECT! Definitely a keeper! Worth seeking out small french lentils. They hold their shape and have a nutty flavor. This is one of the few recipes that I don't actually change around! Perfect the way it is! bailey (1 review) |
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