Lentil Ragout - French Puy lentil side dish

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove (, finely minced)

1/2 onion (, finely diced)

1 carrot (large) (, peeled and finely diced)

1 tbsp tomato paste

1 bay leaf (, preferably fresh otherwise dried)

1 thyme sprig

1 cup puy lentils (French lentils) (Note 1)

3 cups vegetable stock

1/2 tsp salt (skip if using store bought)

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 tbsp parsley (, finely chopped)

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Sauté garlic, carrot and onion until softened - around 5 minutes.

Cook off tomato paste: Add tomato paste, bay leaf and thyme. Cook 2 minutes.

Add lentils, simmer 15 minutes: Add lentils, stock, salt and pepper. Stir, bring to simmer, then lower heat and simmer without a lid for 15 minutes until the lentils are soft (don't let them overcook so they become mushy!).

Season: Stir through parsley. Taste and add more salt or pepper if needed. Serve!

Nutrition

• Calories: 415 kcal
• Total Fat: 5 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Sodium: 1045 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 64 g
• Dietary Fiber: 31 g
• Total Sugars: 5 g
• Protein: 26 g