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Vegetables stew with pork
A wonderful medieval stew with smoked pork and lots of vegetables
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
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250
gram
smoked salted bacon
cut into dices and cleaned of fat. I used a whole piece of bacon
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3
handfuls
kale
cut finely (I used half a pack of precut kale)
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0.5
head
cone cabbage
or cabbage of any kind
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1
cup
pearl barley
or whole barley that has been soaked overnight
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1
cup
beans
Preferably board beans, but I had to use edamame beans instead - it worked fine
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2
spring onion
cut into rings, use as much of the onion as possible. Ramsons would also be good.
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2
clove
garlic
cut cursely
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5
springs
thyme
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1
plot
butter
to fry in - you could properly also use the bacon fat
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a bit
ground mustard
(optional)
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15
grains
grains of paradise
ground up (optional)
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0.5
smoked mackerel
(optional)
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Prepare the pork. I cut of all the fat and skin and cut it into big dices
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Add the pork to the pot and cover it with water. Boil it until the pork is done
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While the pork is boiling, prepare all the other ingredients. Remember to check on the fire, so the pot is actually boiling.
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Once the pork is done, remove it from the pot and save the water the pork was cooked in.
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Fry up the spices and onion in butter
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Add in everything else but the thyme. Add in the water you saved from the pork. Add enough water to cover everything.
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Let everything boil until the barley is done.
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Add the pork back in and add thyme to taste
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Serve by it self or with a bit of smoked fish on top