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Recipe Collection Cuisine Europe Spanish No Sauce Menestra
Recipe Collection Cuisine Europe Spanish No Sauce Menestra
No Sauce Menestra
Description
No sauce, no wine, only vegetables. This recipe is a variation of menestra Monterrey; we use the same technique.
Ingredients
At a glance
Cuisine
Difficulty
Special Diets
Serves
4
- 4 big leaves green chard, only white stalks, washed and trimmed to 1 1/2 in.
- 2 cups shelled peas
- 1 cup cut green beans - top and tail, cut about 1 1/2 in. long
- 1/2 cup leeks - leaves trimmed, cut in half lengthwise, washed and trimmed to 1 1/2 in.
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced, or 8 small rounded ones, peeled
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper
Methods/steps
- Boil the vegetables over medium-low heat until tender. Strain, season, and transfer to a warm serving dish. Keep warm.
- Heat up the oil in a frying pan and cook the garlic until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Coat the vegetables with garlic and oil. Serve straight away.
Servings: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ready in: 35 minutes
Nutrition Facts
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Additional Tips
The secret for spectacular success is to choose only tender, sweet tasting vegetables and serve straight away.
Garlic cooks very quick and blackened garlic tastes bitter. Be careful and do not overcook.
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