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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal485
  • fat34g
  • saturates12g
  • carbs23g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre3g
  • protein23g
  • salt3.61g
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the grill. Grill the sausages for 15-20 minutes, turning occasionally, until they are evenly browned and cooked through.

  • step 2

    Meanwhile, chop the onion, carrots and celery into small pieces. (A food processor can make short work of this.) Heat the sunflower oil in a medium pan. Fry the bacon for 2 minutes, then stir in the chopped vegetables and thyme. Cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened and are beginning to brown.

  • step 3

    Pour in the stock and simmer for 8 minutes until the carrots are tender. Drain the lentils, then stir into the vegetables. Heat through for a couple of minutes, then season and stir in the créme fraiche or cream. Serve with the grilled sausages.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2003

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A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.45 ratings

Hanna Spary

Great with grilled pork steaks too

ralphnathanepx2gxf1

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I made a veggie version and added four chopped plum tomatoes and 2 to 3 teaspoons of paprika. Without the bacon, it also needed salt. If the carrots aren't very finely chopped, they need longer cooking so they aren't too crunchy. It tasted good and will make again. (While I did add some cream, I…

lizleicester

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Delicious way to have sausages. I used green lentils that I'd soaked overnight and then boiled as instructed. Left out the cream because it needed to be dairy free but nobody seemed to miss it.

John Sutton 3

Instead of dairy cream one could use the version of Oatly Cream that is whippable and can be used as double cream

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EnglishNuclear

I made this last night with some slight variations, purely because I THOUGHT I had vegetable stock and cream, but actually just had chicken stock. Juicy, sweet sausages and salty bacon and ever-do-slightly al dente lentils made this a great summer meal for two.

I cook for one so got extra for…

gudgeon

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Delicious! Lots of flavour, and quite a cheap meal. Very easy to whip up quickly too. I think it's extra nice with a dash of wine for the sauce, and I do think you need an extra can of lentils for 4 people. We find that these quantities but with 6 sausages is good for 2, possibly with an extra, but…

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