CROATIAN KALE (SAVOY CABBAGE) STEW (KELJ CUSPAJZ)

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This recipe is at least 200 years old. My grand-grandmother was preparing savoy cabbage that way, my, grandmother was preparing that way, my mother was preparing that way, so I am preparing it that way. This is very healthy meal, although it is prepared on lard.

Provided by nitko

Categories     Stew

Time 30m

Yield 4 portions, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

700 g savoy cabbage (one medium head)
100 g bacon (pancetta, smoked, dried)
150 g potatoes
1 tablespoon lard (preferably, but oil can do)
2 g garlic
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon ground paprika (red, dried)

Steps:

  • Wash the savoy cabbage and cut it in 1 inch pieces.
  • Preheat the water and when it boils put the savoy cabbage in it and leave it boil for one minute.
  • During this operation prepare this: put lard in a pot, heat it and add finely sliced garlic and bacon (pancetta), brown flour in lard (but not too brown).
  • Add ground paprika and just few drops of cold water to make "zafrig" (a kind of "sauce veloutè").
  • Take out savoy cabbage with hollow spoon, add sliced potato in small cubes and water you have cooked kale in it.
  • Season with salt and pepper and cook until potato is soft (10-20 minutes).
  • Serve as a side dish to steaks, sausages, dried smoked ham etc.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 228.9, Fat 14.8, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 20, Sodium 259.8, Carbohydrate 19.3, Fiber 6.5, Sugar 4.3, Protein 7.5

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