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Blooming cumin seeds in hot oil releases their earthy aroma. Stir in lentils, tomatoes, chicken stock, and Lower heat to medium-high and simmer lentils, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until lentils are mostly tender and cooking liquid has reduced to a. Merguez sausage is made with lamb or lamb and beef then spiced with paprika, cayenne pepper, and harissa paste.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have merguez sausage and cumin lentils with dandelion greens using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Merguez Sausage and Cumin Lentils with Dandelion Greens:
- Make ready 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Get 1 lb merguez sausages
- Make ready 2 tsp whole cumin seeds
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 1 fresh cayenne, diced or 1/2 tsp dried red chile flakes
- Get 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 3 cups chicken stock
- Prepare 28 oz can of whole peeled tomatoes, crushed
- Take 2 Tbsp fresh oregano, minced
- Get 1 cup dry lentils
- Get 1 bunch dandelion greens
- Make ready 2 tsp sherry vinegar
- Get 1/2 cup cilantro
If you haven't got time to preheat the oven, simply fry them or cook You can leave the lentils with the lid on, on the hob but off the heat, to keep warm if you wish. Serve the merguez sausages in a bread roll or with the couscous, with a spoonful or two of the harissa mayonnaise alongside. Merguez sausage, made with lamb and warming spices, is an incredibly delicious North African ingredient. (Its name comes from the Berber word for As its popularity spread, merguez sausage entered the cuisines of the Middle East and France. Here, we're pairing it with elegant French lentils.
Steps to make Merguez Sausage and Cumin Lentils with Dandelion Greens:
- Dandelion greens are grown in sandy soils. After cutting your greens, place them in a bowl or salad spinner and fill with cold water. Agitate with your hands to dislodge the sand. Remove the greens and and let the sand settle to the bottom. Pour the sandy water out. Repeat until the water runs clear and sand free and then once more. Spin or shake the excess water off the greens.
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat and add the sausages to brown.
- Turn the sausages and once brown, remove to a bowl. It's ok they're not fully cooked. They will finish later.
- In the oil left in the dutch oven, add the cumin seeds and reduce heat to medium. Cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the onions and season with 1 tsp salt and cook while scraping up the brown bits for ~10 min
- Add the garlic and red peppers. Cook 30 seconds
- Add the stock. If you dont have stock on hand, use 3 cups of water and 1 cube each of Bou chicken and Bou vegetable bouillon. Hand crush the tomatoes and add them along with the lentils and oregano. Bring to a simmer over low heat and roughly 1-2 tsp of salt to taste. cook for 30 min uncovered to reduce the stock
- Add the dandelion greens and mix. Cover and cook until wilted… about 3 minutes.
- Add the sausages back, add the vinegar and and cover to cook for 10 min
- Plate with slice sausages, sprinkle with cilantro, and dress with a drizzle of high quality olive oil and cracked pepper.
Merguez are long, thin and taste distinctly of North Africa, thanks to the harissa, paprika and other spices with which they're made. The meat in these wonderful sausages is always either beef or lamb (or a mixture of the two), never pork, and although they're ubiquitous throughout North Africa and. Merguez sausage may be small in size, but its influence is felt worldwide. When the French colonized North Africa, they took to this spicy sausage and incorporated it into French cuisine. The combination of spicy sausage and salty fries makes for an exciting sandwich, and is so popular that.
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