I am absolutely in love with lentils! I use them in salads, soups, as a side dish, as a main course, as often as I can. This salad I eat for lunch or as a side dish.
Lentil salad:
- 5 dl Puy lentils, boil for 15-20 mins. Check after 15 mins. They must be ‘al dente’. Rinse to stop cooking process, but keep warm
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2,5 dl dried, cranberries, currants, yellow raisins, a mix or one of them, chopped
- 0,5-1 dl good quality capers, chopped if large
If you stop here, and mix in the dressing, it will keep in the fridge for a few days. The rest you mix in just before serving.
- flat leaf parsley
- rucola or other salad types
- sprouts, cress
Optional:
- Walnuts, chopped
- seeds or nuts
- Goats- or blue cheese
- Fresh coreander or basil
- Crispy seasonal veggies
- A crispy apple, cut in small pieces
Vinaigrette:
- 1/3 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp. Colemans mustard
- 2 tsp. Maldon salt
- 2 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. ground coriander
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
Try to use the best quality ingredients you can find. These capers are lovely!
Enjoy!
Source: This recipe was inspired by one of my favourite bloggers: Sarah Britton