For a Happy New Year, enjoy your Lentils (Lenticchie Stufate)
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For a Happy New Year, enjoy your Lentils (Lenticchie Stufate)
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Lentils are a traditional food to make a fantastic recipe. On New Year's Eve in Italy people eat "lenticchie stufate" or in a soup. Why? This is an old symbol of good luck in the Italian tradition, because of their round shape, which is resembling coins. So you need to eat a lot with "cotechino", meaning a mild-tasting, slow-cooked pork sausage and in this way you will ensure money and prosperity for the coming year.
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- ½ pound lentils
- 2 rosemary branches
- 2 garlic cloves
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 cup vegetable broth
- salt and pepper
- 1-2 tomatoes
Instructions
- First soak the lentils for 1 hour in cold water to cover.
- Then drain; and place them in a pot.
- Cover with cool water, then add some rosemary together with 2 cloves of garlic.
- Bring to a gentle boil, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Drain and discard the rosemary and garlic cloves.
- Heat the olive oil in the same pot and add the remaining rosemary and garlic.
- Add the lentils, some broth, salt, pepper, and tomatoes. Stir well.
- Cook until the lentils are tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
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