Free Recipe Cotechino with Lentils and Broccoli Rabe

Recipe Type: Free Poultry Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 12

Ingredients for Cotechino with Lentils and Broccoli Rabe Recipe

3 Stalks celery; halved
-crosswise
1 lg Carrot; halved crosswise
1 lg Leek; well rinsed, halved
-lengthwise, and crosswise
1 Bay leaf
1 Sprig fresh thyme
6 c Water
3 c Dried lentils; rinsed
1 ts Salt
3 c Chicken broth
1-1/2 lb Cotechino; OR
1-1/2 lb Garlic sausage
1 tb Fresh parsley; chopped
1/2 ts Ground black pepper
2 bn Broccoli rabe; woody stems
-removed
1 tb Olive oil
1 Clove garlic; finely chopped
1/2 ts Crushed red pepper

Cotechino with Lentils and Broccoli Rabe Preparation

Prepare bouquet garni: Place celery, carrot, leek, bay leaf, and thyme in center of a piece of cheesecloth. Gather ends of cheesecloth and tie together thightly to create a bag. In 5-quart saucepot, heat water, lentils, and bouquet garni to boiling over high heat. Skim off any foam that comes to surface. Reduce heat to low and simmer lentils until tender–about 35 minutes. Add salt to lentis halfway through cooking time . Drain lentils in strainer, discarding bouquet garni; set lentils aside. Meanwhile, in 4-quart saucepan, heat chicken broth to boiling over high heat. With fork, pierce sausage all over. Place sausage in boiling broth. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook sausage until cooked through–about 40 minutes. Remove sausage from broth to cutting board; cool until easy to handle. Remove casing and slice sausage crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Keep cotechino warm. Strain 1/2 cup broth into measuring cup; freeze leftover broth for another use. In same saucepan, combine lentis and 1/2 cup broth. Stir in parsley and ground pepper. Keep warm. In large skillet, heat 1 inch water to boiling. Add broccoli rabe and blanch 1 minute. Drain and set aside. Heat same skillet over medium heat until hot. Add oil and garlic and cook 1 minute. Add blanched broccoli rabe and red pepper; saute 3 to 5 minutes or until broccoli is tender-crisp. To serve, line edge of large serving platter with broccoli rabe mixture and spoon lentils into center. Place sausage over lentils and serve. NOTES : If cotechino sausage is not available in your area, use another garlic-flavored sausage. Recipe by: Country Living (January 1998) Posted to recipelu-digest by Nesb2@aol.com <Nesb2@aol.com> on Mar 24, 1998

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