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Recipe IV Lentil stew with chorizo

Hello again everyone!

I am now at the airport heading home, had a couple of spare hours so I am going to translate another recipe as a goodbye one.

This is another of the classic spanish dishes, and this is my mum and grandma recipe(with some mods). It is a great entrée for a cold day, really tasty and nutritionally balanced, If you are dieting, just omit the chorizo(spanish spicy sausage) and you'll have an awesome veggie meal.

Let's go go for it!

Ingredientes (5 people)

-1 pound of lentil

-1 long chorizo('sarta')

-1 onion

-1 clove of garlic

-3 medium carrots

-1 leek

-1or2 tomatoes

-2 small potatoes

-Extra virgin olive oil

-Salt

-Water (or vegetables stock if you want)

We'll start by chopping the onion, slicing the carrots (previously peeled) and cut the clove of garlic in two(for being able to spot it after and remove it)

We add some olive oil to a deep pan and when hot we add the onion and garlic, a pinch of salt and we cook them slowly until brown.

When the onion starts to be transparent, we add the carrots

We slice the 'chorizo' thickly and after 5 minutes we add it too.

We are going to cook it for 5 minutes more. Meanwhile we can chop the tomato

Now we are going to make some room for the tomato in the middle of the pot and we add it. We will keep it at medium heat for 10 minutes. You have to stir frequently to ensure it doesn't stick specially if your pan is not very good...

We keep it there for 10 minutes and it should look pretty much like this.

Now is the turn for the lentils. We add them, and cover them with water(make it a couple of inches over them). It is also the moment for the leek, cut it in two and add it.

Now we are going to put the heat at max heat until it starts boiling and from that moment on we'll put it nearly at the minimum, just enough to keep a slow 'chup,chup'. We will cook them for around 1 hour 30 minutes- 2 hours.

Be careful, because during the first 20 minutes they will grow really fast and it is likely that you have to add some water. If so, you cover them, 2 inches margin again and done. After 20 minutes is the moment for adding the salt, a table spoon should be enough, (always better too few than too much). It also the moment for adding the potatoes. This is how they should look at this point.