Lentils in a Skillet

"When I was a kid my grandmother sometimes cooked lentil soup – I used to think it looked like mud, tasted like mud and smelled worse. I wasn’t a fan. I’ve since tried cooking them in different ways – my favourite being crispy, not soupy, with mushrooms to match their earthy flavour. Or muddy flavour, as my ten year old self would describe it. I insist – use porcini mushrooms in this recipe. Since it is next to impossible to get hold of the fresh porcini or ceps in England the dried ones will do, even better as they will impart the flavour to the water while soaking and it can be then passed on to the lentils for cooking."

Preparation Time40 min

Cooking Time40 min