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🍽️ Red lentils with apple

633 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 small tart apples (e.g. Cox Orange)
• 750 ml vegetable broth
• 2 tsp dried tarragon
• 400 g red lentils
• salt
• pepper
• 4 tbsp chopped walnuts
• 4 tbsp cold-pressed walnut oil (or argan oil, for drizzling)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the apples and cut them in half.
2. 2. Remove the stem, the blossom end, and the core from the apple halves.
3. 3. Cut the apple flesh into thin wedges.
4. 4. Add the vegetable broth and tarragon to a small pot.
5. 5. Bring the broth with tarragon to a boil.
6. 6. Add the red lentils to the boiling broth.
7. 7. Let the lentils simmer on low heat.
8. 8. Wait for 5 minutes.
9. 9. Fold the apple wedges into the lentils.
10. 10. Simmer the dish for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
11. 11. Continue cooking until all liquid has been absorbed by the lentils.
12. 12. Season the dish generously with salt and pepper.
13. 13. Fold the nuts into the finished dish.
14. 14. Drizzle the dish with walnut oil before serving.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 633
• Protein: 28 g · Fett/Fat: 26 g · Carbs: 71 g