Lentils with Chive
28 06 07 - 07:35 Ingredients for 2 people:150 grams of green lentils, 1 bouquet of fresh chive, 125 grams of shrimps, 1 laurel leaf, 1/2 onion, 1/4 lemon, 1 spoonful of pepper, quarter note in grain.
For the vinaigrette:
The juice of 1 medium file, 1 spoonful of balsamic vinegar, 1/2 spoonful of mustard, 1 spoonful of honey, 4 spoonfuls of olive oil, salt and milled pepper.
Preparation:
We proceed to put the lentils to soaking in cold water during some hours. To drain them, to pass them to a pan and to cover them with water. To add the peeled onion and cut by the half, a laurel leaf and salt. To take to boil, to move away the foam that is formed in the surface, to cover and to allow to cook to slow fire during 30 minutes, approximately, until they are tender but you inform. To heat in a ladle dilutes with the means lemon, the leaf of remaining laurel, the pepper in grain and salt. When it begins to boil to incorporate the shrimps and to continue the cooking until the water boils again again. To move away the ladle of the fire, to drain the shrimps and to allow to cool. To peel them and to reserve. To move away the onion and the laurel of the lentils. To drain them very well and to reserve to the heat. To mix all the ingredients of the vinaigrette until obtaining an emulsified sauce. To water the lukewarm lentils with this mixture. To add the peppered shrimps and to prepare in a salad bowl. To adorn with the chopped chive and to serve.