Croatian Kale Stew Kelj Cuspajz Recipes

CROATIAN KALE (SAVOY CABBAGE) STEW (KELJ CUSPAJZ)

Steps:

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

CROATIAN KALE STEW (“KELJ CUSPAJZ”)

Steps:

• Wash the kale and cut it in 1 inch pieces. Preheat the water and when it boils put the kale in it and leave it boil for one minute. During this operation prepare this: put fat in a pot, heat it and brown flour in fat (but not too brown). Add grounded paprika and just few drops of cold water to make "zafrig" (a kind of "sauce veloutè"). Take out kale with hollow spoon, add sliced potato in small cubes and water you have cooked kale in it. Season with salt and pepper and cook until potato is soft (10-20 minutes). Serve as a side dish to steaks, sausages, dried smoked ham etc.

CROATIAN KALE STEW (KELJ CUSPAJZ)

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.

LAMB AND KALE STEW

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry lamb, allow lamb to come to room temperature Then brown the lamb in oil, in batches. (A nice steel pot would probably produce better meat brownings). Remove meat to the side.
• Pour out the oil but keep the brownings.
• Release the brownings with some tomato paste and a 28 0z can of whole tomatoes, stirring, and chopping up the tomatoes.
• Add meat back in, and stew or 1.5 hrs, with salt, pepper, and garlic, per your taste. Add water to just cover, if needed. (I offset the water with more tomato paste).
• Add red potatoes, chopped onions, chopped kale, rosemary, and carrots.
• More water, if needed. (You're looking to keep just covered, or just shy of covered).
• Stew until both carrots and potatoes are tender but not mushy. Carrots can be a bit more firm than the potatoes. I like it that way.