Ingredients:
1 cup dried green lentils
4 cups water
4 cloves of garlic, 2 smashed with the side of a knife, 2 finely minced
1 white onion, 1/2 sliced and 1/2 finely chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil (or other light neutral cooking oil)
4 slices of thick center cut bacon, cut into 1/2 inch lardons
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 plantain (ripe, green skinned with patches of black), peeled and sliced in rounds
10 ounces of fresh pineapple (about 1/4 of one fruit), cored and chopped into chunks similar in size to your plantain slices
2 medium plum tomatoes (Oscar blanches and peels his, but I am too lazy and keep the skins on), seeded and chopped
1 bunch of cilantro stems + about 1/4 cup of leaves, chopped
1/2 jalapeno pepper
1 bay leaf
salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
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