Wakelyns Whole Black Lentils, Organic

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Wakelyns organic lentils are back! We're excited to have these very special Black Lentils, grown and harvested in 2021. Like our Coral and Olive Lentils these are a traditional French variety best eaten whole. Because they're so rare these lentils are only available in 300g packs.

Back in the late summer of 2017 we harvested the first commercial crop of British-grown lentils at Wakelyns Agroforestry after several years of trials, an experimental mixture of varieties - a mottled green lentil (the same variety as is grown in Le Puy-en-Velay, in France) and a gun-metal grey lentil (also widely grown in France).

Pioneering Suffolk research farm Wakelyns was established in 1994 by our friend and mentor the late professor Martin Wolfe to test and develop agroforestry approaches that integrate annual crops (like lentils and cereals) with trees and other perennial plants.

Martin aimed to increase diversity in fields and between fields, an approach that increases overall yields and ensures the farm is better able to cope with climatic variability, pest and disease pressures and is less dependent on inputs, like fertiliser, from outside the farm. Read more about Wakelyns...

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Our Wakelyns Lentils have a superb peppery, nutty flavour and firm texture. They're great in soups, stews, curries and salad.

Cooking instructions

Rinse the lentils in a sieve, check for small stones, and place in a pan with plenty of fresh water water. Bring to the boil, simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until tender.

Don't over-cook - taste the lentils toward the end of the cooking process. To make a salad or a cold lentil dish drench the lentils in cold water immediately after cooking, this will stop them cooking further and ensure they stay nice and firm.
Ingredients

Lentils

Allergy information

May contain wheat grains. Lentils are naturally gluten free, however they are grown and harvested with equipment that also handles cereals containing gluten.
Typical values Per 100g

Energy 1395kJ (325kcal)

Fat 1.5g

of which saturates 0.2g

Carbohydrate 47.6g

of which sugars 2.9g

Fibre 15.5g

Protein 21.8g

Salt 0.02g

Suitable for vegans and vegetarians

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