Sunday, April 30, 2017

Mediterranean Savor: Vegetable stew


Vegetable stew is one of the most typical dishes of spring because the new seasonal vegetables like peas, snow peas (mangetout) or artichokes arrive at the markets.         
My mother asked the greengrocer to clean and pick over a selection of mixed vegetables and in this way, she saved time on preparing the vegetable stew.



Today, in general, in all shops they prepare mixed vegetables beforehand, clean and chopped.

Preparation of Vegetable stew:
 
Cover the bottom of a saucepan with extra virgin olive oil and heat. Firstly, sauté one onion, finely chopped and then add some cloves of garlic, chopped. Stir and let it make on a low heat.
Then, add the different ingredients by degree of hardness: first, the hardest ones like pumpkin or carrot, to finish with the tenderest ones like spinach or lettuce.


This way of preparing the vegetables is very typical of Mediterranean cuisine, hence the concept of Mediterranean Savor.
As we add an ingredient, stir and let it sauté some minutes before adding the next one. Always keep on a low heat.
Ingredients used on this occasion:
extra virgin olive oil, garlic, broccoli, zucchini, pumpkin, onion, cabbage, cauliflower, wild asparagus, spinach, peas, green beans, leek, carrot and sea salt (to taste).

◼ Another recipe in which the vegetables are sautéed in their own juice is: 


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