Lentil and bacon sauce for pasta

[Gluten free - wheat free recipe]

The first thing you need to do is cook the lentils. What you need is:

375g lentils
750ml water

Make sure you examine lentils before cooking by spreading them out on the kitchen table so that you can easily see and discard any small stones, dirt, or damaged ones. Then place the lentils in a strainer and rinse them under cold water. There's no need to pre-soak lentils when using a pressure cooker.

Cook the lentils in a pressure cooker tray in water for 16-18 minutes. If some end up a little overcooked that will make a thicker sauce.



Lentils in water before cooking



Cooked lentils


1 onion, diced
200g bacon, chopped
Mixed herbs
1 or 2 bay leaves
2 tbsp flour (rice flour is fine if you want to avoid wheat)
500ml water, saved from cooking the lentils
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp mustard
3 tbsp soy sauce
Salt and pepper

1. Fry onions in oil with bacon and mixed herbs. I use Italian Seasoning which contains basil, oregano, parsley, paprika, garlic, onion and rosemary. Cook until onions are soft.

2. Mix in the flour so it absorbs all the oil.


After frying the onion and bacon, add flour and mix it in



The flour should soak up all of the oil


3. Slowly stir in the water to make a sauce.



Slowly add water, mixing continuously to avoid forming lumps


4. Add the remaining ingredients togeter with the cooked lentils. Simmer until it becomes thicker. If necessary add more water.



After simmering the sauce will get thicker


Serves about 5
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