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Balsamic Lentils

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 120 g lentils
  • 20 g butter
  • 30 g shallot (s), diced
  • 250 ml vegetable stock
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 shallot (s)
  • 50 g bacon
  • 50 ml balsamic vinegar
  • 30 g butter
  • 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
Balsamic Lentils
Balsamic Lentils

Instructions

  1. Soak the lentils in water.
  2. Sweat the butter and shallot cubes in a saucepan and add the drained lentils. Season with pepper, pour on the stock and simmer for about 30 minutes until the lentils are cooked through. There should be no more stock in the pot.
  3. Cut the two shallots into strips. Fry the diced bacon until crispy, fry the shallots briefly. Deglaze with the vinegar, season with salt and pepper. Add the cooked lentils, heat everything well. Add the butter and parsley. To taste.
  4. Serve with fried fish (e.g. pikeperch).
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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