happy 2009! i'm in DC with friends, still in my PJs, which makes me very happy. and i cooked a good southern girl new year's day feast. the menu includes: ham (not necessary, but i couldn't find a ham hock last night for flavor and our hosts had a ham needing to be baked, and so...), sweet potatoes, braised cabbage and apples (basically butter, with a bit of cabbage and apples thrown in for good measure), black eyed peas, attempted in the hopping john style, and, of course, collard greens. my mom, rockstar that she is, found the Grit recipe and i jotted it down on the phone. they are so good and so easy that my new year's resolution (if i made them) might just be to make them twice a month.
if you want to make some Grit style collards, here's my adapted recipe. please note that, with the exception of baking, i rarely measure. i eyeball and taste, so if you use this, please do the same:**
2-3 pounds of collard greens, soaked and washed at least 3 times, de-stemmed and torn or cut into bite size pieces
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
3/4 cup cider vinegar
pinch of baking soda
1 tbsp hot sauce
salt & pepper
a couple tablespoons of olive oil
put greens in a pot. cover with water plus 3 cups additional water
add stuff.
boil for 45 minutes to an hour and a half--try them here and there until they're done to your liking. happy new year!!
**the grit recipe includes the grit yeast gravy, which i didn't make and since that was left out, i majorly upped the cider vinegar.
2 comments:
Sounds yummy--I love greens of all kinds.
Did you know that you can stir fry them, too? I always heard that they have to be boiled but if you slice them thin (sort of like julienne) you can stir fry them and they are delicious. Also works with turnip or mustard greens.
Happy new year!
my mom sautes them. i don't like them as much that way...my southern girl self just likes them boiled and boiled some more. the grit recipe is great because it has a ton of flavor, but they're totally vegetarian.
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