Chard - help need recipes!!

giggs11

Hi, my neighbours given me a huge washing up bowl of perpetual spinach and i'm not sure what to do with it! it looks a lot like some chard i had last summer when i tried a veggie box so guess recipes for either would work. she said there'll be plenty more to come too as she's grown more than she can eat lol

i wonder if i could use some in todays dinner as i was planning to do something with pork mince, maybe meatballs or spag bol or something, any ideas? thanks

Trow

We grew some a couple of years ago, and I just chopped it up and put it in sauces - if you were making spag bol, I wold just add it chopped in the bolognaise, or if you did meatballs in tomato sauce (love meatballs with spaghetti), in the tomato sauce.

I didn't ever do anything from an official recipe with it though.

Oh - and you are right about it being a lot like chard - it is a variety of chard.

Rachie_B

have a look here search in the recipe index http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/index.php?PHPSESSID=63e5750176d732bf3948283b00e6803d

wigginsmum

I've had chard steamed and served with cream, which was lovely.

pickledtink

Saute with chopped garlic in olive oil and serve sprinkled with parmesan.

Chop , wilt , add diced cold potatoe and chopped spring onions. Tip into a greased baking tin and add 4 whisked eggs. Oven at moderate temperature until just set for a delcious Frittata. Serve hot or cold.

Wilt and mix with chunks of steamed butternut pumpkin and some sauted chopped onion in a baking dish, sprinkle with pinch or two of nutmeg , pour over cheese sauce and bake.

gwinnie

If you're making meatballs, how about a side dish of the chard with tomatoes, garlic and crisped bacon.

First grill two bacon rashers until crispy. Cut into strips.

Next, wilt the chard.

Cut 4 tomatoes into thick slices.

Heat olive oil in frying pan and add 2 crushed garlic cloves. Fry until brown.

Add the tomatoes and cook until soft.

Then add the crispy bacon and mix in the chard.

Cook until tender.

starlite_2

It's fab in salad too! especilly with a lemony dressing..

or how about spinach and ricotta lasagne, or cannelonni?

giggs11

some great ideas there thanks, they sound delicious!

pickledtink

There are clearly some damn fine cooks on this board. *drool*

aurora_borealis_2

I just had spinach with my tea. I tried to copy a dish we had as a curry accompaniment.

I cooked it in buttermilk and added loads of cheese and some seasoning.

very yummy