Warm lentil salad with Lyoner sausage and gherkins
Still-warm lentils and carrots tossed with cooked Lyoner sausage, gherkins and a mustard vinaigrette.
Active time25 min
Cooking35 min
Total1 hResting : 5 min
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Ingredients
- 1 tied bouquet garni
- 3 medium carrots
- 2 garlic cloves
- 100 g yellow onions, peeled weight
- 300 g cooked ready-to-eat Lyoner sausage, casing removed
- 1200 ml drinking water
- 45 ml sunflower oil
- 300 g dried green lentils
- 10 g Dijon mustard
- ≈ ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 3 g fine salt
- 15 ml red wine vinegar
- 2 whole cloves
- 80 g drained pickled gherkins
Preparation
Sort and rinse the lentils. Peel the carrots and garlic. Peel the onion and weigh after preparation. Set aside a 25 g piece of onion and stud it with the cloves. Put the lentils, whole carrots, garlic, studded onion and bouquet garni in a saucepan. Pour in all the cold water, bring to a simmer and cook for about 25–30 min, until the lentils and carrots are tender but still hold their shape.
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While the lentils cook, thinly slice the remaining 75 g onion. Dice the Lyoner sausage and slice the drained gherkins. In a mixing bowl, whisk the vinegar with the mustard, salt and pepper. Gradually whisk in the oil.
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Remove the bouquet garni, garlic and onion piece with its cloves. Drain the lentils and carrots. Let cool slightly for about 5 min, then slice the carrots. Toss the lentils and carrots with all the dressing, sliced onion, gherkins and Lyoner. Serve warm.
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Allergens
- Mustard
Sources and credits
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