Boerenkool is in het Engels curly kale, wat een prachtige naam.
Met een aantal kindren oogsten we vanmiddag de bladeren van de lange stengels. Ik zie dat de bladeren helemaal vol zit met eitjes en insektjes. Dat krijg je met een biologische tuin....... Ik ga zo blad voor blad inspecteren, maar ik ben bang dat we niets kunnen gebruiken. Voor de zekerheid heb ik drie kilo appels gehaald, dan wordt het maar aardappelpuree met appelmoes. En gehaktballen want rookworst is hier alleen te krijgen in de Nederlandse winkel. En ik haal het echt niet meer om daar naar toe te gaan.
Hier komt het recept voor de workshop. Natuurlijk wel wat aangepast. De resultaten en misschien wat foto's volgen morgen......
WINTER RECIPE: Curly Kale with mashed potatoes and meatballs
(in Dutch: Boerenkool)
CURLY KALE
Kale is a vegetable that is at its best in early winter after two frosty nights. It is a hardy cabbage with straight stems and large dark green curly leaves and has no compact head.
A few hundred years ago people depended on the vegetables that they grew locally. They would not have access to all the veggies that we have now because there was no transport for them and they did not have fridges to keep them fresh.
In winter in Europe, they would have access to vegetables and fruits that they could store in sheds like onions, potatoes and apples. They would also stew vegetables and fruits and keep them in jars, or dry vegetables like peas. But if they wanted fresh veggies they had to eat winter veggies like curly kale or carrots.
This recipe is a very old recipe that people in the Netherlands still eat in winter. It is made of potatoes, curly kale and today has meatballs on the side.
Enjoy!
RECIPE
Ingredients:
- potatoes
- curly kale (cabbage)
- mince meat
- margarine
- water
Method:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut them in half.
2. Wash the kale and cut in small pieces (take out the hard stem).
3. Put the potatoes with the kale in a big pan with water and a little bit of salt.
4. Boil the potatoes for at least 20 minutes.
5. While the potatoes and the kale are cooking on the stove, make small meat balls from the mince in the bowl and put them on the plate so they can be cooked as well in two large pans.
6. Cook the meatballs for at least 20 minutes.
7. When the potatoes and kale are cooked they have to be mashed with butter. This is hard work!
Group Instructions:
Make 8 groups of 5 children each
1) Group 1 to 7: One of each group to collect 6 potatoes + two knifes to peel + bowl in the kitchen. One to fill the bowl ½ with water. Each group to peel the potatoes, cut them in half and put them in the bowl. Bring bowl with potatoes to pan in kitchen.
Group 8: One to collect the kale + 2 knifes + colander. Cut the kale in small pieces and put in colander. Wash at the tap with cold water and bring to pan in kitchen.
2) Group 1 to 8: When the potatoes and the kale are cooking, two of each group to get 250 grams of mince from the big bowl in the kitchen + plate. From this mince make 5 meatballs. Bring them to the kitchen.
3) Group 1 to 4: Select one person of the group to mash the kale with the potatoes with three tablespoons of margarine.
Group 5 to 8: Select one person of the group to cook the meatballs.
4) While waiting for your turn to do something solve the questions with your group.
A) Why do you think people in Australia did not eat bean sprouts in winter 150 years ago?
B) You had 250 grams of mince to make 5 meatballs. How much do you think one meatball would weigh?
C) There are 8 groups of children. Each group has two knifes to work with. How many knifes is that in total?
D) To prepare and eat the food we have from 11.40 in the morning to 1.20 in the afternoon. If the preparations for the recipe would take you 20 minutes, the cooking would take you 20 minutes and serving the food would take you 10 minutes, how much time do you have left to eat and solve the questions?
E) What did you like about
a. the preparations?
b. the cooking?
c. the food?
F) Was there anything you did not like?
