Recipes Blog – Outback Spirit

Ingredients

• 8 cups stock (your choice) or water
• 11/2 cups green lentils
• 1 large onion, cut in half
• 2 bay leaves (or Mountain Pepper leaves if you have a bush)
• a few cloves
• Tasmanian Pepper Salt to taste
• Couse ground black pepper
• 6 medium sized potatoes (skin on), cut in halves and then sliced approx 2 cm wide
• 2 cups of chopped pumpkin
• 3 tablespoons good fruity olive oil (plus extra for drizling)
• 2 cloves crushed garlic, chopped fine
• a few sprigs of fresh thyme and/or rosemary
• 2 -3 tablespoons Spiced Texas Style BBQ & Pepperleaf Rub depending on how hot you like it
• 1/2 jar Outback Tomato Chutney
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons good wine vinegar
• 4 rashers middle bacon, diced (add more if you wish or remove entirely if you want this to be vegan)