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Title: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: tim on October 06, 2008, 09:51:58
Big batches can be a problem with timing & leaching of flavour. That's a 12 pint pressure cooker.

I find that heating to 5lb pressure & then allowing to cool gives perfect results every time.



Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: Susiebelle on October 06, 2008, 10:51:51
Tim I just cannot get on with Chard,  I am obviously doing something wrong because I love spinach! and chard is so much better behaved in winter just wish I could like the stuff.  I'm veggie and am supposed to like this sort of veg ::)
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: tim on October 06, 2008, 15:51:27
Try puréed with white or béchamel sauce & Mace?
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: artichoke on October 06, 2008, 16:45:00
Try making spannakopita - a Greek pasty-like thing filled with spinach and feta cheese and herbs and garlic and.....   It's lovely, and tastes quite different from a pile of boiled chard (which I like anyway).
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: Duke Ellington on October 06, 2008, 19:39:33
My favourite way of eating chard is to steam it until cooked~layer it in a dish with sliced cooked potatoes ~gruyere cheese( a little nutmeg sprinkled on the cheese) finishing with a layer of more cheese. Place in the oven Gas mark 5 until heated through and the cheese has melted~~~its yummy!! Of course you can use whatever cheese you like.

Duke
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: runnerbean on October 06, 2008, 20:27:40
My husband has recently been diagnosed type 2 diabetic, he loves homemade soup - so far courgette, butternut squash and sweet potato.  Can you make a swiss chard soup, this is my glut crop at the moment? Any other advice would be gratefully received. Thanks...





































Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: tim on October 06, 2008, 21:01:13
Soup? Google it.

But the purée is almost soup?
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: Duke Ellington on October 07, 2008, 13:11:50
I get quite alot of inspiration from this web site~~

http://www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/recipes/swiss-chard-recipe-1.php

Duke
Title: Re: Getting the best out of Chard.
Post by: Tulipa on October 07, 2008, 19:49:16
Hi Duke, thank you, that sounds good, will go down well in my house. :)

T.