Pasta with lentils and chard
Pasta with lentils and chard recipe in the crockpot category
Recipe ingredients:
- 12 ounces swiss chard
- 1 cup lentils, rinsed and drained
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, coarsely crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 2 cups water
- 12 ounces dry linguine
- Salt
- 6 ounces neufchatel cheese, room temperature
- Grated parmesan cheese, optional
Recipe method:
- Rinse and drain chard well. Trim off coarse stem ends. Cut stems crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips and set aside.
- Cover chard leaves and refrigerate. In a 3-quart or larger electric cooker, combine chard stems, lentils, onion, garlic, cumin seeds, red pepper flakes and black pepper.
- Pour in water. Cover and cook at low setting until lentils are tender when mashed with a fork, 6 to 7 hours.
- Cut chard leaves crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide strips; stir into cooker.
- Increase heat setting to high. Cover and cook until chard is wilted and bright green, about 15 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, in a 5- to 6-quart pan, cook linguine in 3 quarts boiling water just until tender to bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Cook according to package directions.
- Drain well. Pour into a warm wide 4-quart bowl. Season lentil sauce to taste with salt.
- Add lentil sauce and Neufchatel cheese to linquine. Mix lightly to coat well. Offer parmesan cheese to add taste, if desired.
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