lentil olive stew with feta cheese

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 3 shallots
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/2 large red peppers
• 1 1/2 large yellow pepper
• 600 g/ 2 2/3 cups tinned tomatoes (chopped)
• 375 g/ 13oz new potatoes (peeled)
• 120 g/ 2/3 cup green lentils (look for ones that cook in 20ish minutes)
• 65 g/ 1/3 cup red lentils
• 375 ml/ 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 175 g/ 6oz mixed pitted olives (drained)
• 1 1/2 tsp sundried tomato paste
• 1 1/2 tbsp capers in brine (drained)
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp chilli flakes (to taste)
• 2 medium handfuls spinach leaves (about 100g/ 3 cups)
• 100 g/ 4oz feta cheese - crumbled
• Extra olives
• Extra chilli flakes

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from littlesugarsnaps.com

Preparation

Step 1

This quick & easy one pot Lentil Olive Stew packs alot of punch with juicy olives, salty capers, feta, fiery chilli and a generous portion of lentils. Makes a tasty & healthy weeknight supper.

However, keen to make my daughters’ diets as rich and varied as possible, last autumn I made a curry that contained a small proportion of lentils in it and kept quiet as I served it up. After a few mouthfuls, Chris gave his verdict…

Having completely overcome household lentil phobia (hooray), I decided to create this flavour-bomb of a supper. It is quick & simple to make – you just keep adding ingredients to the same pan. What you get at the end is very little washing up (bonus) and a large bowlful of so many wonderful veggies and satisfying flavours to enjoy. There are: juicy olives, salty capers & feta, fiery chilli flakes and a generous portion of lentils. It is a commotion in your mouth.

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Yields

This quick & easy Lentil Olive Stew packs alot of punch with juicy olives, salty capers, feta, fiery chilli and a generous portion of lentils. Makes a tasty & healthy weeknight supper.

175g/ 6oz mixed pitted olives (drained)

To Serve:

Finely dice the shallots and garlic cloves, then fry them in the olive oil in a large saucepan over a low - medium heat for 3-4 minutes, until they begin to soften

De-seed the peppers and chop into 1 cm chunks, then add to the pan and continue to fry for 2 more minutes

Peel and cube the potatoes, then add to the pan along with the tomatoes, green lentils and stock. Season with pepper only (see notes). Turn up the heat and bring to gentle simmer. After 5 minutes, stir in the red lentils. Cook for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes and lentils are all cooked through

When the potatoes and lentils are cooked, add the olives, capers, sundried tomato paste and chilli flakes. Stir and heat through for a minute

Finally add the spinach to the pan, and stir in until it just wilts

Serve in bowls and top with the feta, extra olives and chilli flakes if desired

I find that this recipe does not need additional salt as the olives, capers and feta all provide a salty hit. Feel free to taste just before serving and add salt if you feel it is needed though.

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