CROATIAN KALE STEW (KELJ CUSPAJZ)

CROATIAN KALE STEW (KELJ CUSPAJZ) image

Number Of Ingredients 7

700 g kale (one medium kale 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 kale and cut it in 1 inch pieces. 2Preheat the water and when it boils put the kale in it and leave it boil for one minute. 3During 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). 4Add ground paprika and just few drops of cold water to make "zafrig" (a kind of "sauce veloutè"). 5Take out kale with hollow spoon, add sliced potato in small cubes and water you have cooked kale in it. 6Season with salt and pepper and cook until potato is soft (10-20 minutes). 7Serve as a side dish to steaks, sausages, dried smoked ham etc.