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Rustic Sausage Lentil and Swiss Chard Sauce- Crockpot Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lb italian sausage, casings removed
2 onions, minced
2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4" pieces
1 celery rib, minced
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup dry white wine
5 cups low sodium chicken broth
3/4 cup lentils du Puy or brown lentils, picked over and rinsed 9 1/4 ounces)
2 bay leaves
1 lb Swiss chard, stemmed,sliced half inch thick
Directions:
Directions:
1. Heat oil over medium high heat until just smoking, brown sausage well, breaking up large pieces with wooden spoon, about 5 minutes;transfer to slow cooker, save 2 tbsp fat in skillet
2. Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic and oregano to fat in skillet and cool until veggies are soft. Stir in flour, cook 1 minute. slowly whisk in wine scraping up any browned bits. Transfer to slow cooker.
3. Stir broth, lentils and bay leaves into slow cooker. Cover and cook until lentils are tender, 9 to 11 hours on low or 5-7 on high.
4. Stir in chard, cover and cook on high until tender, 20-30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. let sauce sit for 5 minutes and remove fat from surface using spoon. Discard bay leaves.
Serve over capelleti pasta.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8-10
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe, Claudine!

 

 

 

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