Add to Cookbook

Boiling bacon with lentils and apples

  • 20 minutes
  • low 5-7 hours, high 3-4 hours
  • 6
Boiling bacon with lentils and apples

An uncomplicated dish, rich in flavour from the slow cooking of boiling bacon, with pantry staple ingredients like apples, golden syrup and dried herbs.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups green or brown lentils
  • 3-4 smallish fennel bulbs, quartered
  • 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 2 red apples, peeled and thickly sliced
  • 1 onion, peeled and diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried sage
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 1-1.25 kilogram piece boiling bacon

Method

  1. Turn the slow cooker on to low to pre-warm while preparing the ingredients.
  2. Put the lentils, fennel, carrots, apples, onion, sage, stock and golden syrup into the pre-warmed slow cooker and stir to mix the ingredients evenly.
  3. Sit the bacon on top and cover with the lid.
  4. Cook on low for 5-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours, or until the lentils are tender.
  5. Serve the bacon thickly sliced with a hearty serving of the lentils and vegetables, garnished with parsley if wished.

Cooks Tips

Dried sage works well in slow cooking. It's a good accompaniment to starches like pulses and breads and works with pork or duck. Variations: - Use dried rosemary, thyme or oregano in place of sage. - Add 1-2 sliced chorizo-style sausages. - Add the pared rind of an orange with 1 teaspoon chopped green peppercorns. - For a touch of spice, add 1 teaspoon curry powder. - Use pears in place of apples.

Comments (0)

Please login to submit a comment.