Puy Lentil, Roasted Carrot and Goats Cheese Salad with Parsley Pistou
A hearty salad filled with roasted carrots, that turn wonderfully sweet and caramelised in the oven. Sharp goats cheese and a fresh parsley pistou, a Provençal sauce made from garlic, fresh herbs and olive oil. We've added a little parmesan into the mix to give it that slight umami taste.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
Step 2
Slice the carrots into 2cm slices, cut on the angle and add to a large baking tray along with some olive oil, salt a drizzle of honey and black pepper. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring halfway, until golden and tender. Bake the baguette for the final 10 minutes of cooking time, if serving.
Step 3
Meanwhile, make the pistou. Add the parsley, basil, red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and zest to a mini chopper or blender. Season generously and blitz briefly until you have a vibrant green sauce, adding a little water to loosen if needed and fold through the grated veggie Italian hard cheese. You can also do this with a pestle and mortar.
Step 4
Once the carrots are cooked, heat through the puy lentils as per the packet instructions. Toss together the lentils and cooked carrots with half the pistou. Taste to check the seasoning and adjust as needed. Divide the warm salad between plates before crumbling over the goats cheese and spooning over the remaining pistou.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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1kg Carrots, cut into 1cm rounds 1x Sainsbury's Carrots 1kg -
6 tbsp Olive Oil, plus extra to drizzle 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 1L -
50g Veggie Hard Cheese, grated 1x Stamford Street Co. Italian Hard Cheese 200g -
150g Goats Cheese, crumbled 1x Chavroux La Buche Goats Cheese 150g -
0.5 Lemon, juice and zest 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
2 Part Baked Baguette 1x Sainsbury's Bake at Home White Baguettes x2 -
1 tbsp Runny Honey 1x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g -
30g Basil, leaves picked 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g -
2 tsp Red Wine Vinegar 1x Sainsbury's Wine Vinegar, Red Wine 500ml -
2 Garlic Cloves, peeled and grated 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
30g Parsley 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g -
500g Cooked Puy Lentils 2x Merchant Gourmet Puy Lentils & French Green Lentils Simply Cooked 250g -
Maldon Salt, to taste 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g