Name: Fried Kale with Sesame and Garlic
Yield: Serves 3
Ingredients: large-flaked sea salt and black pepper; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; a squeeze of lemon juice; olive oil; 1 large hand-gathering of kale leaves; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

What to Eat Now (Autumn & Winter)

By Valentine Warner

Published 2008

About

The hardiest and most vitamin-packed of all the late-year greens, kale is powerful stuff, and I’m surprised Popeye stuck with spinach. Full of minerals and with a good irony tang, it has real taste, but is better eaten younger as big leaves can be obstinate in the mouth. This is good with roast chicken and goose.

Ingredients

1 large hand-gathering of kale leaves
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
olive oil

Method

Wash the kale well, expelling any small creatures, grit and other undesirables. Chop it into 1cm wide ribbons, discarding any stems that appear stringy. In a frying pan, toast the sesame seeds until golden, stirring often to prevent them from burning. Turn up the heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan before throwing in the kale, which will spit and crackle frantically. Stir it arou

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