Gratin of white cabbage & lentils in a Provençal sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Ready in about 1¼ hours
- Easy
- Serves 4
Skip to ingredients
- 140g brown or green lentils
- ⅓ white cabbageabout 375g/13oz shredded
- 25g breadcrumbs
- 25g parmesan(or vegetarian alternative), freshly grated
- a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil
For the tomato sauce
- 1 red onionchopped
- 2 garlic cloveschopped
- 1 red pepperseeded and cut into postage stamp-sized squares
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 2 generous sprigs thyme
- 2x cans chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- leaves from 1 large sprig basilroughly torn up
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal320
- fat13g
- saturates3g
- carbs37g
- sugars1g
- fibre9g
- protein17g
- salt0.73glow
Method
step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan 180C. Cook the lentils in boiling unsalted water for about 20- 30 minutes until just tender, then drain. Fry the onion, garlic and red pepper in the olive oil until soft (about 10 minutes). Add the ground coriander and thyme, and stir for 30 seconds or so. Now tip in the tomatoes, tomato purée and sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Leave to simmer to a thick sauce, stirring occasionally, for about 15- 20 minutes. Check seasoning, take out the thyme and stir in the basil.
step 2
Meanwhile, cook the cabbage in boiling salted water for about 3-4 minutes, until just tender. Drain, and run under the cold tap, then drain thoroughly again. Mix the cabbage and lentils with the tomato sauce, and spoon into a shallow ovenproof gratin dish.
step 3
Mix the breadcrumbs and cheese, and scatter over the mixture in an even layer. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil. Bake for 20-30 minutes until sizzling and patched appetisingly with brown.
