Boiled
Cabbage, Algarve Style
Ingredients:
Serves
4
- 600
grs of cabbage ;
- 320
grs of read or wax beans ;
- 150
grs of blood sausage (morcela) ;
- 150
grs of red sausage (chouriço vermelho) ;
- 150
grs of belly of pork (toucinho) - bacon is a good substitute ;
- 400
grs of rib of beef ;
- 150
grs of sweet potatoes ;
- 150
grs of potatoes ;
- 300
grs of bread ;
- 1/4
bunch of mint ;
- salt
to taste ;
- water
Preparation:
Place
the beans in a pan and soak them in cold water for 12 hours before
using them.
Then wash them and cook them in a deep pan, in cold water, together
with the sausages, belly of pork and rib of beef (in whole pieces).
After the meat is cooked, correct the seasonings.
Place the meat on a serving dish and let the beans continue to cook.
Wash the cabbage in cold water and cut in large pieces. Peel the
potatoes, wash them in cold water and dice them in large chunks.
Add the cabbage and the potatoes to the beans.
When everything is well cooked, drain off the liquid to a pan.
Cut up the bread - preferentially the home-made type - into thin
slices and distribute them over the plates. Place a sprig of mint on
the bread on each plate.
Place the pan with the liquid on the stove and let it boil. Pour the
boiling liquid over the bread.
Cut up them meat into small pieces and serve it with the boiled
ingredients.
Hint:
If available, use new beans. The use of home-made meat and
sausages is advisable.
source:
Algarve
Tourist Region
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