Friday, March 11, 2011

Salmon with Creamy Lentils




Ingredients
salmon
olive oil
1 cup lentils
chicken stock
1/2 onion
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
thyme
parsley
sage
bay leaf
1/2 potato, peeled
salt & pepper
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 cup spinach
1/4 cup of creme fraiche  


To make lentils...
Finely chop onion, carrots, and celery. Heat olive oil in a pot add vegetables and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, tie herbs together with a piece of string then add them to the pot and the potato. Add lentils and poor in about an inch of chicken stock, cover and simmer on low for 30 minutes. Remove lid then with the back of your wooden spoon mash up the potato and stir into the lentils.  Roughly chop the spinach and add it to the pot with the vinegar. Cook for a minute until spinach has wilted, then stir through creme fraiche.


To make salmon...
Season salmon with salt and pepper. Heat pan and cook skin side down for 5 minutes, flip then cook until preferred doneness about 5 more minutes. 


serve lentils with salmon on top.

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