Stewed Lentils

Ingredients

• 1 pint of brown lentils (French)
• 1 oz. of butter
• 1 gill of stock
• 1 onion
• Pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Soak lentils for four hours.

2. 2

   Boil in salted water for one hour.

3. 3

   Fry onion in butter, then add lentils and stock.

4. 4

   Season and stir for ten minutes.

5. 5

   Serve in a hot vegetable dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 102. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED LENTILS. Average cost of " Stezved Lentils7' (one pint). INGREDIENTS. 1 pint of brown lentils (French) 1 oz. of butter 1 gill of stock t onion Pepper and salt d. 3 1 1 5* Time required, after the lentils are soaked, about one hour and a half. Now we will show you how to stew lentils. 1. We take one pint of brown lentils (the French are best suited for stewing), wash them well in cold water, and put them to soak in water for four hours, or all night is best. 2. After that time, we take the lentils out of the water, put them in a saucepan, cover them with cold water, add a teaspoonfid of 'salt \ put the saucepan over the fire to boil. When it boils, move the saucepan to the side of the fire to simmer for one hour. N.B. — The lid should be off the saucepan, all the water will be absorbed by the lentils. 3. We take one small onion

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