Italian Food Recipes

This is the typical main course of Cremona in the north part of Italy. This is also the traditional recipes that in Italy is prepared in the occasion of the 31th December. You can prepare this recipe with cotechino or with zampone (pig’s trotter stuffed with minced pork meat and spices). It’s very good!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)
1 Cotechino (large boiled pork sausage)
600 g of Lentils
2 Carrots
2 Celeries
1 Onion
2 Stock-cubes
50 g of Tomato puree
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 40 minutes

WINE: Barbera D’Asti (Red Wine)

PREPARATION
The day before place the lentils in a bowl with water.

Preheat the extra virgin olive oil in a pan. Peel and clean the carrots, the celeries, the onion, chop them, place them in the pan and let them brown for about 5 minutes.

Add 50 g of tomato puree and 2 stocks-cubes.

Then add the lentils, some salt, cover with water and cook for about 30- 40 minutes.

Place in a pan the cotechino with its wrapping, cover it with water and cook for 40 minutes.

When cotechino is ready cut the wrapping and cut it in slices.
Place in a platter 2 slices of cotechino with lentils and serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!