Potatoes with Kale and Bacon

Name: Potatoes with Kale and Bacon
Ingredients: Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced; Chopped parsley; 1 clove garlic, chopped; 8 oz (225 g) bacon, cut in little strips; 2 oz (50 g) butter; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 1 lb (450 g) kale, chopped; ½ pint (275 ml) chicken stock

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

Kale is an integral part of an Irish garden in winter and spring. Eat the young leaves after the plant has been subjected to frost.

Ingredients

4 large potatoes, peeled and diced
8 oz (225 g) bacon, cut in little strips

Side dish
January

Method

Sauté the bacon quickly until crisp. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Add the butter and garlic to the same pan and then pour over the stock and add the kale, from which you have removed any coarse stems.

Add the potatoes and cook uncovered until the potatoes are tender and all the liquid has been absorbed (it may be necessary to add a little more stock during the cooking process). St