There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Testing - Spicy lentils with egg

This ended up being pretty tasty. I sort of made it up, and while eating it and appreciating the flavour profile, we thought that a soft cooked egg would be nice with it. But in which fashion should the eggs be cooked?

1 cup cooked rice
2 cups cooked duPuy lentils cooked with 1 bay leaf
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion
1/2 tsp smoked paprika, or to taste
1/4 cup harissa paste, or to taste
4 eggs (fried? poached? soft boiled?)
Salt and pepper, to taste
  1. Fry up the onion in the olive oil until soft and starting to brown.
  2. Add the harissa and allow it to melt into the onions
  3. Add the rice and lentils, mix in, then add the paprika, with some salt and pepper, to taste.
  4. Cover and keep warm while the egg cooks.
  5. Serve with the egg on a bed of lentils, with some greens such as arugula. The yolk will dribble onto the lentils and make a lovely simple sauce.

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