How to cook lentils?
Below is the classic stewed recipe with tomato and many other ideas and foolproof recipes. Homemade lentils for the traditional New Year’s Eve dinner with or without soaking are a simple recipe. It’s always better to choose dried ones and avoid canned ones. Here you find the list of the finest Italian varieties.

Did you know? “Lens culinaris” lentils are among the first domesticated crops. In the kitchen, among the legumes, they are the most versatile, and their preparation is always quick and easy, both for the fast cooking and for the soaking, which, although optional, is recommended: at least an hour before to make them more digestible and speed up their cooking.

The New Year’s lentils: on the night of December 31st, before the stroke of midnight and the arrival of the new year, they are consumed as they are a classic symbol of money, success, and prosperity, an omen of wealth and a lucky food.

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#dried lentils are available all year round
aromatic herbs: bay leaf, rosemary, sage – fresh in the warm season, dried all year round