Rustic Sausage, Lentil and Swiss Chard Sauce

KatieVedder
KatieVedder @cook_2862388
Lakewood, Colorado

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Rustic Sausage, Lentil and Swiss Chard Sauce

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Ingredients

30 mins
8 servings
  1. 1 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  2. 1 lbItalian sausage, removed from its casing
  3. 2onions, minced
  4. 2carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
  5. 1celery rib, minced
  6. 6garlic cloves, minced
  7. 1 tbspminced fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried
  8. 1/3 cupall-purpose flour
  9. 1/2 cupdry white wine
  10. 5 cuplow-sodium chicken broth
  11. 3/4 cuplentilles du Puy or brown lentils (51/4 ounces), picked over and rinsed
  12. 2bay leaves
  13. 1 lbswis chard, stemmed and leaves sliced 1/2 inch thick
  14. 1Salt and Pepper

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown sausage well, breaking up large pieces with wooden spoon, about 5 minutes; transfer to slow cooker. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat left in skillet.

  2. 2

    Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and oregano to fat in skillet and cook over medium-high heat until vegetables are softened and lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in wine, scraping up any browned bits and smoothing out any lumps; transfer to slow cooker.

  3. 3

    Stir broth, lentils, and bay leaves into slow cooker. Cover and cook until lentils are tender, 9 to 11 hours on low or 5 to 7 hours on high.

  4. 4

    Gently stir in chard, cover and cook on high until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Let sauce settle for 5 minutes, then remove fat from surface using large spoon. Discard bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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