Creamy Lemon Puy Lentils

Name: Creamy Lemon Puy Lentils
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 4 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 4 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced; 1 bay leaf; 60 ml/4 tbsp crème fraîche; salt and ground black pepper; 30 ml/2 tbsp chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, to garnish; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup Puy lentils; finely grated rind and juice of 1 large lemon; 2 large garlic cloves, chopped; 15 ml/1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Lentil Cookbook

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2016

About

Tiny blue-green Puy lentils have a good nutty flavour, and when combined with lemon juice and crème fraîche they make a slightly tangy base for poached eggs.

Ingredients

250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup Puy lentils
1

Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the lentils and bay leaf in a pan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 25 minutes or until the lentils are tender. Stir the lentils occasionally and add more water if necessary. Drain.
Heat the oil and fry the spring onions and garlic over a medium heat for 1 minute or until softened.
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