Kale pot with apricots and pork cheek

AUTHOR
Diane Archer
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 150 g dried apricots
  • 1 (1 kg) Bag of cleaned kale
  • 3 large onions
  • 500 g smoked pork cheek
  • 1/2 l clear meat broth (instant)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine
  • 1 TABLESPOON medium hot mustard
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp white pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp coarsely ground coloured pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Apricots are best soaked overnight covered with water. Select the kale and wash thoroughly. Bring water to the boil. Bring the kale to the boil briefly, drain, allow to cool slightly and cut into large pieces.

  2. 2

    Onions peel and cut into slices. Fry pork cheek briefly in a pan without fat. Add kale and half of the onions. Pour in broth, bring to the boil. Cover and cook on low heat for 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    Drain the apricots and add them 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Heat the fat in a frying pan and sauté the remaining onions. Remove the pork cheek from the cabbage. Season the kale with mustard, salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Cut the meat into slices. Arrange the kale with the pork cheek and the fried onion slices together. Sprinkle meat with pepper to taste.