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Crispy Lentil Cake, Bell Pepper Sauce

(Serving 4 persons)

Ingredients Lentil Cake:

- 2       lbs.                  Green lentils

- 1                               Finely diced onion

- 1       oz.                   Chopped garlic

                        - 4       oz.                   Finely diced carrot

                        - 4                               Whole eggs (optional)

                        - 1       cup                  Ap flour

                        - 3       lbs.                  Bread Crumb

-                                                                     Salt, black pepper

- 1       cup                  Virgin olive oil

-                                   Shredded vegetables

Ingredients Sauce:

- 2                               Red bell peppers

                        - 1                               Onion chopped coarsely

                        - 5       springs            Fresh thyme

- 1                               Finely chopped garlic

- ½      cup                  Virgin olive oil

-                                                                     Cayenne pepper, salt

- ¼                              Reduced Balsamic vinegar

-                                   Mesclun Salad

- Sweat the carrot, onion and garlic with ½ cup of olive oil for 10 minutes. Add the lentil and cover with water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add breadcrumb to get the lentil to a thick paste. Adjust the seasoning. Add 2 eggs if you wish. Make 8 oz patties in the shape of hamburgers. Beat the eggs. Dip each patty in flour first then in the beaten eggs (optional) and lastly in breadcrumb. Fry the cakes in a pan with the remaining olive oil. Cook for 10 minutes in the oven.

For the bell pepper sauce, remove seeds and cut into cubes. Sweat the onions in a saucepan with ½ cup of olive oil. Add the bell peppers and cook slowly for 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 5 minutes. Blend everything into a fine puree and adjust the seasoning.

-The plate, make decor with the vinegar and the red sauce, the stir fried vegetables and the mesclun salad.