Lentils With Cotechino Sausage

Ingredients

1 cotechino sausage
14 lentils
3 c chicken
1/4 c olive oil
1 onion
1 rib celery
1 carrot
2 garlic
8 sagr leaves
3 t tomato juice in

Instructions

-little water Salt Pepper From "Celebrating Italy," by Carol Field (William Morrow). Soak the sausage in water for 2 hours. Wash lentils, cover with water and cook 45 minutes. Wrap the sausage in cheesecloth, pierce with a fork and cook in broth over low heat 50 minutes, skimming off any fat. Cool, unwrap and remove casing. Reserve broth. In a fry pan, heat oil and saute onion, celery, carrot, garlic and sage. Drain lentils; add the vegetables, salt, pepper and tomato sauce. Add 3 ladlefuls of broth from the sausage. Slice the sausage and serve with lentils.