Smoked mackerel and lentil salad recipe

Ingredients

• 200 g lentils, preferably puy
• 4 sprigs of parsley, 2 whole, 2 leaves only
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 1 garlic clove, bruised
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 x 125g/4.4oz tins of mackerel in sunflower oil, drained, in chunks
• 1/2 red onion, minced
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper, diced
• 1 pinch each of salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 lemon, juice only
• 4 sprigs of basil, leaves only
• 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 pinch salt
• 6 tbsp sunflower oil