Topic: what *do* you do with Kale?

[ajb]

It looks pretty, and you can pick it in winter, but what do you actually *do* with Kale? And what does it taste like? I've heard it described as "interesting", which just makes me nervous.

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[oggiesnr]

Any of these any good? Kale recipes

All the best

steve

[debster]

i love it just steamed, very similar to spinach delish

[Marymary]

I steam it too - use it like cabbage.  I really, really love it & eat masses of it.

[Biscombe]

Hey oggiesnr, I love cooking with kale but those recipies are tops!!!! thanks

[tim]

And it's very very good for you!!

[tim]

One of those recipes - the sauce - equal parts:
Soy sauce
Sweet Chilli Sauce
Peanut Butter

Used Hot Chilli Sauce &, because it was a bit stiff, added another equal part of Greek Yoghurt.

Had it with breaded Fish & stuffed Tomatoes. I shall do it again.

[Barnowl]

Another soup:

http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=213&catid=2

- I added some  chilli instead of tabasco

[nippie]

I love kale too but  I only steam it as a veg like cabbage.
I will be having a look at those recipes.
I was interested in your link Barnowl, I only live just down the road from Riverford farm. I had to look at your profile to see where you were. Incase you were local too  ::)

[silverbirch]

My mother-in-law does wonderful things with kale that I never been able to replicate.  She cooks it with cracked barley and some kind of spice, as it is a key component to a German dish called "Kohl und Pinkle".

I'll see if I can get her recipe, but it might take a few days.

[cambourne7]

Old irish dish calcannon and ham
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Boil a good sized ham in a pot of water when cooked
pop onto a oven dish and score the fat. Then pour honey over the fat and cook on a high temp till the kale is done.

Into the pot of boiling water (that had previously had the ham in) add the kale. Serve the kale drained and chopped and mixed with the creamy mash potato.

Serve a white sauce with finley chopped onion and a little carrot served on the side.

Then fight over it.

[markfield rover]

Cut into very thin slices ,shallow fry in hot oil for a couple of mins, drain, sprinkle with a little sea salt- Chinese seaweed!

[pigeonseed]

Cut into very thin slices ,shallow fry in hot oil for a couple of mins, drain, sprinkle with a little sea salt- Chinese seaweed!

That's exactly how we have it. You can also sprinkle a tiny bit of sugar on it as it cooks. Delicious.

And if you add sunflower seeds or other seeds as your fry that's really good too - pine nuts are perfect but sunflower seeds much cheaper

[Trixiebelle]

Hmmmm ... I love kale  ;D

It's good stir-fried, steamed OR wrap a leaf around a lamb steak with fresh ginger & rosemary and roast in the oven!

[squeakycheeker]

stir fried with lots of black pepper - a big splash of soy at the end and served with choppped parmesan works for us...for anything green/leafy or cabbagey come to think of it...

[ajb]

Wow! Thanks for all of this. I've had no broadband for a few weeks (moving house). Think I'll open that packet of seeds...

[Garjan]

A dutch traditional:
Kale with sausage (boerenkool met worst), my favorite.

Peel potatoes and put in a pan with water.
Put a very thick layer (almost as much as potatoes in volume) of very finely chopped kale on top of the potatoes.
Then a smoked sausage (I don't know the equivalent in the UK, but it is a cooked and smoked sausage in the shape of a horse shoe. It is a bit salty and has a strong smokey taste).
Put the lid on and cook till the potatoes are done. The kale will be steamed.
Take off the sausage and mash the kale with the potatoes.
Eat with slices of sausage and gravy. Add some Dijon mustard or vinegar to taste.

If you like your kale a bit more tender: cook the kale apart from the potatoes.