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Red Wine Lentils with Confit Cherry Tomatoes & Fennel
Ingredients
  • subheading: CONFIT CHERRY TOMATOES & FENNEL:
  • ½ large fennel bulb, trimmed
  • 3 ½ cups cherry or grape tomatoes (1 ¼ lbs)
  • 5 peeled garlic cloves
  • 5 sprigs fresh thyme
  • sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • ¾ to 1 cup olive oil
  • subheading: RED WINE LENTILS:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large shallot, small dice
  • 1 stick celery, small dice
  • 1 small carrot, small dice
  • sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup French lentils, picked over
  • ¾ cup red wine
  • 1 ½ to 2 ½ cups vegetable stock
  • subheading: FENNEL SALAD:
  • ½ large fennel bulb trimmed
  • ¼ cup flat leaf parsley leaves, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup walnuts, chopped
  • subheading: Notes:
  • If you want to skip the lentil part and just enjoy the confit fennel and tomatoes, I recommend spooning them and the oil over creamy dips, having with appetizer boards, as part of grain bowls, stirred up in a veg pasta, smushed into the top of focaccia dough, on top of pizza etc!
  • The confit fennel and cherry tomatoes will keep in the fridge (with all veg submerged in the oil) for a month, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
  • My go-to red wine varieties for cooking: merlot (super silky smooth), cabernet sauvignon (full bodied) or pinot noir (lighter, not too overpowering).
  • The red wine lentils are based on a classic Zuni Cafe Cookbook recipe.
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