Cotechino con lenticchie Recipe
No Italian New Year's celebration would be complete without this dish of a delicious pork sausage served with lentils. New Year's Eve for Italians—like so many other holidays—is marked by a large, festive meal, often an elegant seafood dinner, called the cenone di San Silvestro or cenone di Capodanno, the word 'cenone' being Italian for 'big supper'. Midnight, however, is the time to break out this hearty dish, as Italian custom has it that if you start the New Year by eating coin-shaped lentils, it will bring you prosperity. And the more lentils you eat, the richer you will be—or, at least, that is the theory...
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Ingredients
- One cotechino (or zampone--see full recipe for details)
- Lentils
- A finely chopped onion
- Olive Oil
- A bit of prosciutto or pancetta (optional)
- Salt and pepper
Directions
- See full recipe linked below for directions.