🇫🇷 French

Lentils Purée

Name: Lentils Purée
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 48 min
Total time: 63 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 200 ml Milk; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 250 g Lentils; 750 ml Stock or Broth

🇫🇷 French

Over silky potato purée, lentils and its sauce make the ultimate bistro plate. Ready in 63 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 48 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Milk200 ml
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Lentils250 g
Stock or Broth750 ml

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Butter in a heavy casserole and brown the lentils well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the lentils out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the black peppercorns.
3
Return the lentils, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with tarragon right before serving.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — french cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: The ONLY way to cook lentils with Marco Pierre White | Meet your Maestro | BBC Maestro · on YouTube