18/02/2010 by D.

4 large potatoes
1 cabbage or bag of kale
3 tbsp stock (chicken or veg)
1 tbsp butter
1 onion
1 tbsp oil

Peel and chop the potatoes and bring to boil in salted water.  Shred the cabbage (destalk kale first) and rinse well.  Chop the onion and fry in a little butter in a saucepan.  Add the cabbage and stock and stir well.  Cover with a lid and leave to cook gently.

When the potatoes are ready, drain and mash with the butter.  When the cabbage is tender (around 20 mins), add to the potato mixture.  Taste and adjust seasoning.

Heat a large frying pan and add the oil.  When very hot, tip in the potato mixture and fry until brown.  Cut into chunks and turn over (if you can)!  Another way of doing this is forming individual cakes and browning them in groups.

Serve with some poached fish or a poached egg on top.

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27/01/2010 by D.

2 beetroot
2 potatoes
2 carrots
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp caraway seeds
1 stock cube (beef or veg)
1 ltr boiling water
2 tbsp vinegar

Peel and grate the beetroot, potatoes and carrots.  Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic.

In a large soup pan, gently fry the onion and garlic in the oil until glassy, then add the remaining veg and stir for a couple of minutes.  Add the stock, boiling water, vinegar and caraway, bring to a simmer.

Make sure the stock covers all the veg by about 1cm.  If not, add a little more water and leave to boil for an hour, stirring occasionally.  Season to taste.

Serve in bowls with a big dollop of sour cream, smetana or greek yoghurt spooned in at the last minute, and hunks of crusty bread.

This is a beautifully coloured, sweet and sour winter warmer.  It is very filling and has a deep, earthy flavour and reheats well.

You can add a quarter of finely shredded cabbage when you add the other veg, should you have it, but do check the seasoning carefully as you may need a little more stock.

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