WALNUT & LENTIL LOAF

Thank you Jan!

(Always lovely when cookery instructors come along!)

1 tablespoon oil
I onion or leek finely chopped
1 clove garlic crushed
2 celery sticks finely chopped
175g green lentils (could probably use anysort or even chick peas but you would have to mash them)
100g walnuts ground, use rotary cheese grater if not food processor handy
50g wholemeal breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 tablespoon shoyu
1 egg beaten
salt & pepper

Fry onion, garlic & celery in oil until softish add lentils and water, bring to the boil and simmer until lentils very soft approx 40 mins.
Stir in walnuts, breadcrumbs, parsley, shoyu and egg, salt & pepper to taste. mix thoroughly.
Put in loaf tin, cover with foil and bake in moderate oven for approx 45-50 mins.

Turn out and service with sauce of choice.

Red pepper sauce:

Deseed and skin 4 large red peppers, chop and soften in a saucepoan with butter, blend and serve. OR take 1 jar red peppers, rinse peppers thoroughly and follow as above. You can use oil instead of butter but butter gives a nice glossy finish.

If you are doing this for a dinner party make a similar amount of yellow and green pepper sauce. Run instipes accross warm plates. Then take a skewer or tooth pick and run it accross the stripes this should give the impression of marbled plates. it may make your guests gasp with wonder (if you get it right)!