1 onion, chopped
2-3 rashers of bacon, chopped into cubey things
a grain of flour (my this I mean a tablespoon or so - you know I'm rubbish at quantities)
3 large sweet potatoes, peeled & chopped into chunky cubes
a fair grain of red lentils (two good handfuls maybe)
a kettle of boiling water
a ham stock cube if you feel it needs extra meatifying (some bacon's gey crap these days)
What to do:
In a big pot and using a smidge of oil, cook your bacon, then add the onion. After 5 mins
or so, chuck in the flour. Cook for a few minutes then add the lentils. Stir through the
sweet potato and pour over the still super-hot boiled water. Bring to a gentle boil and leave
for 20 minutes, at which point test a cube of sweet potato and squidge a lentil or two. Once
you're happy they're cooked, get a tattie masher and randomly squash the solid into the
liquid. Season, though you really won't need much salt (unless you're a Salt Addict like
the Lovely Stan) and add lots of black pepper. Yummmy.
