Croatian Spring Vegetables Stew Recipes

CROATIAN SPRING VEGETABLES STEW

Steps:

• Cut carrots into cubes, and kohlrabi into sticks. Use only white parts from cauliflower.
• Put oil in a pan, add sugar and cook it until sugar becomes brown. Add peas, carrots, kohlrabi and cauliflower, water and salt into pot and cook until vegetable is soft (usually 15-20 min.).
• Stew must be sticky but not too much. When adding water do not put too much, just to cover the vegetables. You can also use kohlrabi leaves to add into stew, but not too much. Kohlrabi must be small, not bigger than tennis ball, otherwise it will be too hard with wooden parts inside which is not good. You can also add potatoe.

NORTH CROATIAN RED CABBAGE STEW

Steps:

• Slice the cabbage into 1 cm wide stripes.
• Melt sugar on lard until brown (caramel).
• Add wine, cabbage, caraway seeds, salt, and pepper. Cover and cook gently until sugar melts (when you add wine sugar will become hard - do not worry - it will melt).
• Add water to prevent burning. At first you will think your pot is too small, but eventually the cabbage will get smaller.
• Cook about 45 minutes or until cabbage is soft. Eat with pork chops, sausages or BBQ.