Grandma’s Pasta and Lentils is a very simple and tasty recipe that you can also make quickly if you use canned lentils, but for a recipe like grandma makes use good lentils without soaking and cook them together with the pasta, making them creamy.
A nice thick and creamy Grandma’s Pasta and Lentils, ideal comfort food for cold autumn and winter evenings that should not be missing from any recipe book.
If you love lentils, here are other ideas to use them, and then let’s immediately discover how to prepare Grandma’s Pasta and Lentils right after the photo!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for Grandma’s Pasta and Lentils
- 9 oz dried lentils
- 7 oz pasta (short or mixed)
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1 stalk celery
- 3.5 oz cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes)
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 leaf bay leaf
Preparation of Grandma’s Pasta and Lentils
To prepare Pasta and Lentils, first rinse the lentils very well under cold running water.
Cook the lentils in plenty of unsalted water with a bay leaf for at least 20 minutes.
They will finish cooking with the pasta later.
Meanwhile, clean the vegetables and cut them into small pieces, halve the cherry tomatoes.
In a large pot that can hold both lentils and pasta, heat the extra virgin olive oil and then sauté the vegetables.
Once the sauté is translucent, add the halved cherry tomatoes, salt, and add half a glass of the lentil cooking water.
Cook for 6/8 minutes.
After the 20 minutes of cooking the lentils, drain them (reserving the cooking water) and add them to the sauté in the pot, mixing to flavor.
Cook for another 10 minutes, then incorporate the pasta along with 1 cup of the lentil cooking water.
Finish cooking the Pasta and Lentils, adding more water if needed but sparingly.
The Pasta and Lentils should be brothy but creamy, not liquid.
Once cooked, serve the Pasta and Lentils, drizzling each plate with raw extra virgin olive oil and, if desired, some fresh chopped parsley.
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How to Store Pasta and Lentils
You can store it in the refrigerator well closed in an airtight container for 2 days.
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