Puy lentil

English thumb Alternative forms en Le Puy lentil Le Puy green lentil Noun Puy lentil A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis variety. en 2018 Merchant Gourmet The Pulses & Grains Cookbook: Deliciously nutritious recipes for every day, with lentils, grains, seeds and chestnuts Hardie Grant Publishing 9781787133181 Combined with the high altitude of the valley, this creates the perfect conditions to grow the delicate Puy lentil. Due to these unique growing conditions, the lentil has its own protected designation of origin status – which means that, to use the name ‘Puy lentil’, the product must be grown without any pesticides or irrigation and harvested and packaged in the region of Puy. Usage notes The term “Le Puy green lentil” is protected throughout the European Union under that governing body's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), and in France as an fr appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC). Further reading Le Puy green lentil en Fabeae tribe plants