Is there a harder working legume out there than lentils? A master of disguise, they lend a hearty meaty bite to soups and pastas, a richness to curries and dahls, and in the case of this lip-smacking wintery dish, a perfect silky creaminess (OK, we admit, we've bolstered that with a little cream too). The result is a velvety, unctuous yet earthy winter warmer, ready to be devoured and sopped up with morsels of rosemary bread.
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2 clove
garlic
1 unit
brown onion
1 unit
leek
1 unit
carrot
1 bunch
thyme
1 tin
lentils
1 unit
rosemary panini
1 cube
vegetable stock
1 bag
silverbeet
½ tub
cooking cream
1 packet
Parmesan cheese
olive oil
20 g
butter
½ cup
water
Preheat the oven to 220ºC/200ºC fan-forced. Peel and crush the garlic. Lightly soften the butter in a small bowl in the microwave (or in a small saucepan on the stove). Finely chop the brown onion. Thinly slice the leek. Cut the carrot (unpeeled) into 0.5 cm half-moons. Pick the thyme leaves. Drain and rinse the lentils.
Add 1/2 the garlic to the butter. Cut slices into the rosemary panini, 2 cm apart, cutting almost to the base but not the whole way through. Spread the garlic butter between each slice, then wrap the bread in foil and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the bread is warmed through. Turn off the oven and leave the garlic bread inside to keep warm until serving.
While the garlic bread is baking, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the onion, leek and carrot to the saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until softened. Add the thyme and remaining garlic and cook for a further 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
Add the lentils, water (see ingredients list) and crumble in the vegetable stock cube. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 4 minutes or until reduced by a third.
While the lentils are simmering, finely chop the silverbeet. Once the lentils have reduced, add the silverbeet and cooking cream (see ingredients list) to the saucepan and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until the silverbeet is wilted. Remove the pan from the heat and season to taste with salt and pepper
Divide the creamy one-pot veggie loaded lentils between bowls and sprinkle with the shaved Parmesan cheese. Serve with the rosemary garlic bread.