Uber healthy greens get the gourmet treatment with dried fruit and slivered almonds in this recipe from www.relish.com.
Ingredients:
1/2 pound (about 5 cups) fresh greens (mustard greens, Swiss chard, or kale)
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup slivered almonds
2 cubes vegetable bouillon
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 cup hot water
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions:
- Wash greens in several changes of water. Chop leaves and edible stems.
- Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- Add garlic and sauté until fragrant.
- Add raisins, apricots, pine nuts, almonds and stems.
- Stir until nuts are lightly browned and fruit plumps up.
- Add bouillon cubes, smashing them into mixture.
- Add white wine. Boil 1 or 2 minutes.
- Add greens and toss.
- Add hot water, salt and pepper.
- Stir and cook over low heat until greens are wilted, stems are tender, and liquid has reduced to a slightly syrupy consistency, 8 to 10 minutes.
- The dish will be soupy.
