LENTIL BOLOGNESE
Looking for an easy mid-week dish that everyone will love? Look no further. This lentil bolognese is a true crowdpleaser and it is also good for you. It’s full of plant based protein and if you want to boost it even more then I recommend you choose soba noodles instead of regular pasta like we’ve done here.
This dish is our true favourite and we make it especially often when doing any harder training. It’s such a good fuel for any longer runs or other fitness sessions. Everybody loves this dish and it comes together in less than an hour. The only time consuming part is in the beginning when you have to chop the vegetables for the softritto but the rest is just mixing and cooking different ingredients. Super easy.
I hope you enjoy this plant based version of bolognese. xx
LENTIL BOLOGNESE
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Author: Antidote Kitchen
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1carrot
- 1stalk of celery
- 1red onion
- 1garlic clove
- 200ml red wine
- 250g button mushroom
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp miso paste (optional)
- 200g green lentils
- 400g tinned tomatoes
- Spices (1-2 tsp each): sage, black pepper, salt & 2 bay leaves
- A bunch of fresh basil
- 2 tbsp tamari sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 200g soba noodles (or whole grain pasta)
Instructions
- Prepare sofritto. Chop the carrot, celery stalk, onion and garlic into small cubes. Heat a pan with olive oil and sauté the chopped vegetables
- Add the red wine and let it reduce to half before taking off the heat. Set aside
- Chop the mushrooms and add to the pan. Sauté over medium heat to evaporate the liquid they release and start browning
- Then add the tomato puree, tamari sauce and miso paste (if using) and fry for another 2 minutes before adding the sofritto back to the pan
- Add also the tinned tomatoes, spices and chopped basil and let simmer for a couple of minutes
- Rinse the lentils and add them to the pan together with 200ml water. Bring to boil and then reduce the heat to let the bolognese simmer for about 25 minutes
- Prepare the soba noodles as instructed on pack and serve with the bolognese
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 569 Fat: 9 Carbohydrates: 88 Sugar: 13 Fiber: 20 Protein: 27