Stir-fried Wintercress
Wintercress has a very bitter flavor, but boiling greatly decreases that when you pick young leaves, picked before the plant flowers. This is a nice mellow side dish that goes with anything.
Ingredients a bag of young wintercress greens salt and pepper to taste 3 tbs butter 1 red chili, finely chopped or red pepper flakes 1 shallots, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped nutmeg to taste Directions: Cover wintercress leaves in a pan with water and salt Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and cook for 5 minutes on medium high Drain the wintercress if still very bitter, boil again and drain if necessary. Heat the butter in a skillet, add the garlic, shallots and chili. Fry for 2 minutes, then add the greens and nutmeg Stir-fry for 5 minutes and serve. Serves 4 |
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