Name: Savoy cabbage stew with bacon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 medium potatoes; 500 ml chicken stock; 1 onion; 200g bacon (smoked); 1 head of savoy cabbage; juice 1 lemon; ¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Savoy cabbage stew with bacon

17 May 2016

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Background

If you want a quick & easy, cheap & cheerful dish for a midweek family supper, this Savoy cabbage stew with bacon will be just perfect. It's more like a pottage that can be served with fresh, crusty bread.

Ingredients

3 medium potatoes
500 ml chicken stock
1 onion
200g bacon (smoked)
1 head of savoy cabbage
juice 1 lemon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Instructions

Chop the onion and dice the bacon.
Wash the potatoes, then peel (if not organic). Cut them into 2-3cm cubes.
Heat the chicken stock, add half of the lemon juice and nutmeg. Add the potatoes, bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion and bacon, then cook for 5 minutes or so, until the onion becomes soft and the bacon is crispy. Set aside.
Rinse then thinly slice the cabbage leaves. Add these to the potatoes, together with the remaining lemon juice and cook for a few minutes under cover. When the cabbage is tender and the potatoes are cooked through, mash with a potato masher until the desired consistency is reached (it should remain quite bitty).
Add the onion and bacon mixture and heat through.
Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
Serve hot.