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Gallery Pasta with Lentils and Arugula Recipe Summary prep: 35 mins total: 45 mins Servings: 6

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced (4 cups) Coarse salt and ground pepper 12 ounces plum tomatoes, cored and diced (about 2 cups) 3/4 cup lentils, picked over and rinsed 12 ounces orecchiette pasta 1 bunch (8 ounces) arugula, stemmed and coarsely chopped 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving (optional)

Cook’s Notes Orecchiette are small ear-shaped pasta shells; fusilli or farfalle can be used instead. You can also replace the arugula with two cups whole fresh Italian parsley leaves.

Gallery Pasta with Lentils and Arugula

Recipe Summary prep: 35 mins total: 45 mins Servings: 6

Pasta with Lentils and Arugula

Pasta with Lentils and Arugula

Pasta with Lentils and Arugula

Recipe Summary prep: 35 mins total: 45 mins Servings: 6

Recipe Summary

prep: 35 mins total: 45 mins

Servings: 6

prep: 35 mins

total: 45 mins

prep:

35 mins

total:

45 mins

Servings: 6

6

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced (4 cups) Coarse salt and ground pepper 12 ounces plum tomatoes, cored and diced (about 2 cups) 3/4 cup lentils, picked over and rinsed 12 ounces orecchiette pasta 1 bunch (8 ounces) arugula, stemmed and coarsely chopped 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving (optional)

Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cover, and cook until onions wilt, about 20 minutes. Uncover; raise heat to medium. Cook, stirring often, until onions are dark brown, 20 to 25 minutes more.

Add 1/4 cup water; stir to loosen any browned bits from pan. Stir in tomatoes; remove from heat.

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, cover lentils with water by 1 inch. Bring to a simmer. Cover; cook until lentils are tender but still holding their shape, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain; stir into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook pasta in a pot of salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup pasta water; drain pasta, and return to pot.

Add lentil mixture, arugula, cheese, and reserved pasta water; toss. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with more cheese, if desired.

Cook’s Notes Orecchiette are small ear-shaped pasta shells; fusilli or farfalle can be used instead. You can also replace the arugula with two cups whole fresh Italian parsley leaves.

Cook’s Notes

Orecchiette are small ear-shaped pasta shells; fusilli or farfalle can be used instead. You can also replace the arugula with two cups whole fresh Italian parsley leaves.

Reviews (6)

 Add Rating & Review     29 Ratings   5 star values:        7    4 star values:        10    3 star values:        8    2 star values:        2    1 star values:        2

Reviews (6)

Add Rating & Review     29 Ratings   5 star values:        7    4 star values:        10    3 star values:        8    2 star values:        2    1 star values:        2

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29 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 10 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 2

29 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 10 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 2

29 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 10 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 2

  • 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 10 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 2

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/15/2011   always watching my weight. wish the recipes on this site would keep that in mind I so want to make a lot of the recipe but without the infor can not  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/14/2011   I wish we could get the nutritional numbers.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/14/2011   The onions get caramelized, which (on very low heat so you don't scorch) takes time. The tomatoes should be cored and diced (as mentioned in the ingredients list) and then added with the water to the onions in Step 2. I just use a big can of diced tomatoes, drained, which saves me a few steps. :) Hope this helps! Cheffette-- most people are not chefs, professionally or otherwise. It is rude to respond to genuine questions with condescension, regardless of how obvious one deems the answer to be.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/14/2011   As a chef, it is important to read the ingredients and the method in full before you begin making a dish. It clearly tells you how long and why to cook the onions and it also tells you what to do with the tomatoes and when to add them.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/14/2011   ?? Do we cook onions for 45 mins?! why?  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       01/10/2011   The ingredients call for plum tomatoes but the directions don't mention how to prepare and include them...

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: Unrated 03/15/2011

always watching my weight. wish the recipes on this site would keep that in mind I so want to make a lot of the recipe but without the infor can not

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 03/14/2011

I wish we could get the nutritional numbers.

The onions get caramelized, which (on very low heat so you don’t scorch) takes time. The tomatoes should be cored and diced (as mentioned in the ingredients list) and then added with the water to the onions in Step 2. I just use a big can of diced tomatoes, drained, which saves me a few steps. :) Hope this helps! Cheffette– most people are not chefs, professionally or otherwise. It is rude to respond to genuine questions with condescension, regardless of how obvious one deems the answer to be.

As a chef, it is important to read the ingredients and the method in full before you begin making a dish. It clearly tells you how long and why to cook the onions and it also tells you what to do with the tomatoes and when to add them.

?? Do we cook onions for 45 mins?! why?

Rating: Unrated 01/10/2011

The ingredients call for plum tomatoes but the directions don’t mention how to prepare and include them…

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