Dinner Tonight: Warm Sausage and Lentil Salad

Name: Dinner Tonight: Warm Sausage and Lentil Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters chopped bacon; 4 servings Balsamic vinegar to taste; 1 bunch Slim of chives, chopped; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 532 milliliters green lentils, preferably Puy, the French green kind; 1 Tbsp chopped hazelnuts (optional); 2 links Italian sausage, about 1/2 pound; 118 milliliters olive oil; 2 shallots, chopped

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Dinner Tonight: Warm Sausage and Lentil Salad a try. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 647 calories, 27g of protein, and 31g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sausage, hazelnuts, slim of chives, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Simmer lentils with sausage in plenty of water and a bouquet garni (French for "garnished bouquet"; optional), for 30 to 40 minutes, until the lentils are cooked through. (Other types of lentils will require less cooking time.)

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Bouquet Garni

Lentils

Sausage

Water

In the meantime, saute the bacon over medium heat until browned but not crisp.

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Bacon

Combine the Dijon, olive oil, shallots, chives, and bacon with its fat in a small jar or bowl. Shake well or whisk, then add the balsamic vinegar little by little to form a vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper.

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Balsamic Vinegar

Salt And Pepper

Vinaigrette

Olive Oil

Shallot

Chives

Bacon

Shake

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Whisk

Bowl

Once cooled, slice the sausage. Toss the lentils with the vinaigrette and top with the sliced sausage. Finish with a little chopped shallot, chive, and the hazelnuts.

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Vinaigrette

Hazelnuts