Lentil Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette
ingredients
Salad:
- 1 1/2 cups brown or green lentils
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1/2 sweet onion, diced
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Vinaigrette:
- 1 medium shallot, peeled
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup Stonewall Kitchen Olive Oil
- 3 tablespoons Stonewall Kitchen Spicy Honey Mustard or Roasted Garlic Mustard
directions
Salad:
- Soak lentils in cold water overnight
- Drain
- Melt butter in a large saucepan, add vegetables and cook until soft but not browned
- Add lentils and vegetable stock to saucepan and cover and simmer gently for 35 minutes or until lentils are soft
- Pour into a colander to drain off liquid and then transfer to a large bowl
Vinaigrette:
- In food processor, add shallot, parsley, olive oil and mustard.
- Put on high to blend
- Pour over salad and toss
- Serve either warm or cold
- If a food processor is unavailable, by hand dice
shallot and parley fine, pour in olive oil and mustard and whisk together until blended.