Recipe of Homemade lentils with sausage

Join me and let's see how to make Homemade lentils with sausage

Instructions:

Step 1
• One of the important steps is the choice of lentils. I use the most common one, the extra brown lentil, which can be found in any market or supermarket.
Step 2
• The best thing about this kind of lentils is that they don't need to be soaked before cooking, although I usually do it to save cooking time.
Step 3
• We put the lentils in a bowl of cold water and let them soak overnight, usually 12 hours. There is no need to add salt when soaking.
Step 4
• If for any reason you don't have time, you can do them directly. Whenever they are brown and don't forget to wash them to remove impurities. Just remember to cook them for another 1/2 hour.
Step 5
• The day after soaking them, we remove the lentils that are floating in the water, they are usually not suitable for preparing the stew. Drain them and set them aside until ready.
Step 6
• Chop the onion, garlic and pepper into very small pieces so that they fall apart during cooking.
Step 7
• At the end of cooking, we will hardly notice the texture of any of the ingredients, but we will notice their flavor. Since garlic, many people don't like to find it on the plate, you can throw it whole and remove it halfway through cooking.
Step 8
• We peel the carrots and tomatoes, if you don't want to peel the tomato it's okay either, although you will find some remaining skin.
Step 9
• A lot of people tend to chop carrots so that they don't get tough when cooked. It depends on the taste of each one, but I can assure you that in an hour and a half it is perfect, in my case I like to cut it into thin slices if the carrots are thin and in quarters if they are large. Cut the tomatoes into 2 parts.
Step 10
• In a saucepan, add a splash of oil, onions and garlic cloves. Saute everything for 10 minutes so that the flavors mix well.
Step 11
• Add the pepper, tomato, carrots and bay leaf. We also fry for 2-3 minutes.
Step 12
• Add the bones (ham and cane) and a generous spoonful of La Vera paprika. A dessert-type spoonful is enough, too much can become bitter.
Step 13
• If you like a spicy touch you can mix sweet and hot paprika at the same level, they are very delicious.
Step 14
• Stir quickly with a wooden spoon and add the lentils that have already been drained and set aside.
Step 15
• Stir again so that everything comes together well. (3 minutes)
Step 16
• Cover with cold water (important, so that it starts to boil slowly) until the pot is almost full. Remember that we need to add more ingredients.
Step 17
• I like them with broth, if you want them thicker, put a little less water. Then you can always rectify with hot water (so as not to break the cooking).
Step 18
• Let them start to boil and froth for a few minutes. We remove the foam that normally contains impurities, part of the remains of the meat.
Step 19
• When it has been cooking for 1/2 hour, add salt and pepper to taste. It is important to try the broth since we have added ham and they can be salty.
Step 20
• Add 2 sausages and a black pudding (I don't usually add bacon or bacon, because we don't eat it, but it tastes good) and let them cook slowly at medium temperature for the next half hour, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.
Step 21
• Then we remove the chorizos, the black pudding and the bones so that they are less heavy. For the last half hour we cook the lentils over low heat, testing from time to time in case they don't need further cooking.
Step 22
• Another option is to make them in the express pot (pressure cooker). Although I like them better in slow cooking some time than before, I've made them like that, it depends on how much time you have.
Step 23
• We will cook for about 12 minutes if it is an express pot (pressure cooker), or 25 minutes if it is normal. We can open it 5 minutes ahead of time (resting before opening it) to see how they are doing. And if necessary, close and continue cooking.
Step 24
• For plating, the best thing is a deep plate with the lentil stew and the chorizo on top in slices. I like the whole carrot but you can chop it up.