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Monday, July 10, 2017

braised cabbage, carrots and greens

Things you'll need:

Large stock pot or braising dish with lid
Medium mixing bowl
Strainer or two for rinsing and drying veggies and greens

Ingredients:

1/2 head of green cabbage
1/2 head of purple cabbage (or only one of either, your call)
2 medium yellow or sweet onions
1 bunch collard greens
1 bunch kale
2 medium carrots
3 tbsp oil (avocado or olive)
1/4 cup stock (chicken, beef or veggie)
1/4 cup red wine (nothing too sweet)
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp pepper
1-2 limes or 1 large lemon

Prep:

  • Rinse cabbage and carrots, set aside to dry
  • Rinse each leaf of kale and greens individually to remove earth, set aside to dry
  • Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
  • Add oil to cooking dish
  • Cabbage: remove the core, cut into 1" wide strips, place the cabbage in a layer over the oil
  • Kale and greens: remove the stems, then cut the leaves into strips about the same size as the cabbage, add the leaves over the cabbage
  • Onions: Remove the outer peel, cut into thin-ish slices and cover the greens
  • Carrots: cut into 1" sized pieces and toss over the onion
  • Add the stock, wine, salt and pepper to the cooking dish
Cooking:
  • Cover the dish and place in the oven
  • After 45 minutes, remove the dish, uncover and add 1/2 of the fresh citrus juice and stir everything around, not worrying about layering anymore
  • Cover and put back in oven
  • After 45 minutes, remove the dish, uncover and place back into the oven
  • After 10 minutes, remove the uncovered dish, add remaining citrus, stir and serve

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