Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lentils with fresh pasta and caramelized onions. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentils with Fresh Pasta and Caramelized Onions is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Lentils with Fresh Pasta and Caramelized Onions is something that I have loved my whole life.
Serve lentils and rice topped with the caramelized onions, chopped fresh parsley, lemon wedges, and Greek yogurt if desired. Rinse the lentils and boil them in plenty of water until they are only just tender. Add salt, stir and boil vigorously until the pasta is cooked al dente.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lentils with fresh pasta and caramelized onions using 5 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Fresh Pasta and Caramelized Onions:
- Make ready 6 oz fresh pasta or 4oz dried pasta
- Prepare 5 tbsp olive oil or more (2 tbs) to taste
- Get 1 large onion sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup uncooked green or brown lentils
- Take 1 tbsp fresh parsley for garnish
It is a good idea to start with the lid on - this allows them to soften more quickly. Throw the lentils into a medium saucepan. Fill with enough cold water to cover the lentils by about an inch. Splash the onions with a little water if they stick to the bottom of the pan.
Steps to make Lentils with Fresh Pasta and Caramelized Onions:
- Saute onions in 2 tbs olive oil. Cook 5 minutes with lid on, then reduce heat, remove lid and continue to caramelize.
- Once brown and caramelized, remove from heat.
- Use kitchen towel to spread out lentils and look for any stones.
- Rinse lentils.
- Put 2 cups of water in pot and bring to boil. Add lentils.
- Boil for 2 to 3 minutes then turn down to simmer and cook until tender will depend on lentil. Some lentils will cook in only ten minutes, no soaking.
- Once tender, drain and reserve the lentil water. (This yielded about 7 oz.)
- Add enough water to reserved liquid to equal 2 1/2 liters. Bring lentil water mixture to a boil and add salt 2 1/2 tsp sea salt. Add pasta. Cook until "al dente" (not fully cooked, but tender- should still see some white). Fresh pasta adds great flavor and texture!
- In the meantime, pour the rest of the oil in the bottom of serving bowl.
- Mix the lentil and onions in bowl.
- Combine the pasta and lentils with caramelized onions. Garnish with fresh parsley and pinch of pepper. Serve immediately.
- 15 minute variation: Use precooked lentils. Will not be as flavorful as cooking in lentil broth, but still an easy way to incorporate lentils in your diet.
- Caramelized onions.
- Add cooked lentils to caramelized onions and heat through. At same time, boil pasta in salted water, drain and combine. Note: Recipe inspired from Claudia Roden's Lentils with Pasta and caramelized onions. Her food is rustic, simple with Arabesque influences. I would highly recommend her recipes!
You'll know they're done both by their deep chestnut color and by the slight crispiness developing on some of the onions. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil over low heat and add the onion slices, stirring occasionally until completely. Add the mince onion, bay and oregano. All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. Prepare the caramelized onions while the soup cooks.
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