Croatian Kale (savoy Cabbage) Stew (kelj Cuspajz)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 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)

Recipe

• 1 wash the savoy cabbage and cut it in 1 inch pieces.
• 2 preheat the water and when it boils put the savoy cabbage in it and leave it boil for one minute.
• 3 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).
• 4 add ground paprika and just few drops of cold water to make “zafrigâ€? (a kind of “sauce veloutèâ€?).
• 5 take out savoy cabbage with hollow spoon, add sliced potato in small cubes and water you have cooked kale in it.
• 6 season with salt and pepper and cook until potato is soft (10-20 minutes).
• 7 serve as a side dish to steaks, sausages, dried smoked ham etc.