Preserved Gizzards with Warm Lentil Salad

Of all the lentils you can buy, the green lentille du Puy is the finest in flavor and the least floury in texture. Lentils in the shades of dark green, brown, and dark blue have an extraordinary rustic, full flavor with a velvety, luxuriously rich texture. They used to be grown only in the volcanic soil of the Auvergne, but now they are grown in the United States and cost a lot less. Unlike other lentils, they are very light and don’t become mushy when cooked. I simmer them slowly un