Puy Lentils with Bacon and Brussels Sprouts

Ingredients

• 100 gm small green lentils (Puy lentils)
• 200 gm smoked bacon, cut into large lardons
• Grapeseed oil, for shallow-frying
• 1 kg Brussels sprouts, trimmed, halved
• ½ cup each mint and flat-leaf parsley leaves (loosely packed)
• Merlot vinaigrette
• 150 ml lemon-infused extra-virgin olive oil
• 100 ml merlot vinegar
• 2 ½ tbsp caster sugar