Lentil salad Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• For the basic cooked lentils
• 450g brown or green lentils
• 1 large clove garlic, halved
• 1 small onion, halved
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp salt
• 112g salt pork, optional
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• For the salad
• 120ml red wine vinegar
• 60ml olive oil
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 4 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
• 1 recipe basic cooked lentils, see recipe above
• 6 to 8 slices rasher bacon, cooked and chopped