{"id":903,"date":"2023-05-27T04:37:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T04:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/?p=903"},"modified":"2023-05-27T04:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T04:42:54","slug":"903-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/903-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beluga Lentils and Poached Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 fennel bulb, chopped<\/li>\n<li>3 medium carrots, peeled, chopped<\/li>\n<li>6 garlic cloves, 5 finely chopped, 1 whole<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup olive oil, plus more for frying<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>2 cups French or black beluga lentils<\/li>\n<li>1 3&#215;2-inch piece Parmesan rind<\/li>\n<li>1 bunch large spinach, tough stems trimmed<\/li>\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>4 large slices country-style bread<\/li>\n<li>Red wine vinegar and grated Pecorino (for serving)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Pulse onion, fennel, carrots, and chopped garlic in a food processor until soffritto is finely chopped.<\/li>\n<li>Heat \u00bc cup oil in a large pot over medium. Add soffritto, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 10\u201312 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring occasionally and adding a splash of water if mixture is browning too quickly, until golden brown and very soft (it will look almost like a pur\u00e9e), 10\u201312 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add lentils and 6 cups water. Lay Parmesan rind on top (it may stick if it falls to the bottom). Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until lentils are tender, 35\u201345 minutes, depending on type. Taste and season with more salt.<\/li>\n<li>Place spinach in a glass bowl and add a splash of water and a pinch of salt. Microwave on high until bright green and slightly wilted, about 1 minute. Squeeze firmly to expel excess water, then cut in half. (If you don\u2019t have a microwave, add the spinach directly to the pot and let it wilt slightly before making divots for eggs.) Thin stew with water by \u00bc-cupfuls if needed to loosen. Scatter wilted spinach across the top.<\/li>\n<li>Using the back of a spoon, create 4 divots in surface of stew and drop an egg into each. Cover pot and simmer stew very gently just until eggs are set, 8\u201312 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>While the eggs are cooking, heat a small saucepan over medium-high; pour in oil to come \u00bc&#8221; up sides. Working one at a time, fry slices of bread, turning once and adding more oil as needed, until golden brown and crisp, about 1 minute per side for each slice. Season lightly with salt and rub with garlic clove<\/li>\n<li>Divide stew and eggs among bowls, add a splash of vinegar to each, and top with Pecorino. Serve with fried bread.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like Beluga lentils for their no pre-soaking but don&#8217;t fall apart qualities, and adding poached eggs is never a bad idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-course","tag-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}