D: I made this dish for friends when they joined me for an evening meal. I also made some changes to the original recipe.
The lentils were cooked with two stock cubes, one vegetable and one ham. This added a great deal of flavour to the dish. I cooked the lentils as per the instructions on the recipe even though the lentil packet gave a slightly shorter cooking time. They were a little mushy but this added to the texture of the dish.
In place of a regular (yellow/white) onion I used a red one to add a hint of sweetness to the dish
Basil is one of my favourite herbs so I added fresh basil just before serving the dish.
Pasta twists are always in my cupboard so that was the pasta I used for this dish. On the table I placed grated mature cheddar cheese so that people could add as much or as little as they wanted to their meal.
My friends thought the dish was delicious and both asked for the recipe. There was one portion left over so I had it for lunch the next day with grated cheese but no pasta.
