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Provencal Sausage Meatball & Lentil Stew

October 17

I’ve taken the traditional sausages here and turned them into meatballs. Our boys love anything in meat patty form but you could always stick to good quality sausages for this dish. If you wanted, you could add a splash of white wine to the sweated vegetables before the lentils and a good dollop of creme fraiche to finish it off. Serve the pot to the table with plenty of crusty bread.

  • serves Serves 4
  • time 45mins

Method

  1. 1. Place a casserole dish over a medium heat, add half the olive oil and gently fry the onion, carrot, celery and fennel for 10 minutes.
  2. 2. Meanwhile, squeeze the sausages from their skins, mix with the fennel seeds, lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of the parsley and then shape into about 20 meatballs.
  3. 3. Add the garlic to the vegetables and fry for a minute then add the lentils, stock and herbs. Season well and bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 20-25 minutes.
  4. 4. Heat a layer of oil in a large frying pan and brown the meatballs all over. Add to the lentils 10 minutes before the end of their cooking time. Serve scattered with the remaining parsley and with crusty bread.

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Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely chopped

1 stick celery, finely chopped 

1 bulb fennel, finely chopped

8 good quality sausages

1 tsp green fennel seeds

Finely grated zest of a lemon 

Handful chopped flat leaf parsley 

2 cloves garlic, finely sliced

9oz puy lentils

17oz chicken stock

1 bay leaf

Few sprigs of thyme 

Crusty bread, to serve

4 tbsp olive oil

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely chopped

1 stick celery, finely chopped 

1 bulb fennel, finely chopped

8 good quality sausages

1 tsp green fennel seeds

Finely grated zest of a lemon 

Handful chopped flat leaf parsley 

2 cloves garlic, finely sliced

250g puy lentils

500ml chicken stock

1 bay leaf

Few sprigs of thyme 

Crusty bread, to serve

You'll Need

casserole dish