Lentils With Orzo
By: Puglia4foodies
Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 12:56am

Ingredients




1 pound lentils (the very small variety)
1 pound orzo
2 carrots
parsley
extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
chilly pepper

Preparation

1 Soak the lentils overnight and then rinse them. Put in a pan with the orzo and cover with orzo. Add the sliced carrots and cook at low flame for 1 hour and half while stirring and adding water if necessary. Add sea salt and chilly pepper. 2 When ready switch them off and add parsley and extra virgin olive oil. 3 The extra virgin olive oil is the key ingredients for the success of this recipe. It must be intense fruity and bitter.

About


Lentils are a typical dish eaten in Italy at midnight on December 31st. Because they resembled coins, in the past they were thought to bring financial prosperity in the year to come. Nowadays, we associate them to good luck in any field. 
Usually lentils are prepared with cotechino (pork). Instead, I like preparing a much healthier recipe orzo and extra virgin olive oil