Braised Celery & Potatoes

May 7, 2014

We've late resumed a fortnightly veggie box (this fourth dimension this recipe away for simply this situation.

Jackie raved thence much almost it equally a agency to role upward celery that nosotros had high hopes. Throw inwards our favourite staple (spuds!) in addition to a uncomplicated recipe in addition to this was a perfect school-night dish. It takes a petty piece to brand but it's all simply chopping in addition to simmering thence you've got enough of fourth dimension to order off an accompaniment (we made a serve of the tofu from this recipe).

The result? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 success - the braised celery is soft amongst a hint of sweetness, a slight creaminess from the Irish Gaelic patato in addition to some seize amongst teeth from the lemon juice. We've all the same got one-half a bunch of celery to larn through - this may fifty-fifty larn some other run out this week.


Braised celery in addition to potatoes
(based on this recipe from Gretel was getting fatter)

1/4 loving cup olive oil
iv large potatoes, peeled in addition to chopped into i inch cubes
one-half a bunch of celery (about five large ribs), chopped into large chunks (about an inch long)
iii cloves garlic, minced
i loving cup white wine
i loving cup vege stock
juice of a lemon
handful of chopped parsley
common salt in addition to pepper

Heat the crude inwards a large pot in addition to throw inwards the celery. Cook, stirring regularly, for almost 10 minutes.

Throw inwards the potatoes amongst a generous milkshake of common salt in addition to stir everything together. Cook for some other 5-10 minutes until the veggies get-go to soften slightly. 

Add the garlic in addition to the wine, stirring everything together in addition to making certain cypher gets besides stuck to the bottom. Let the vino cut down a chip in addition to and then throw inwards the stock. Simmer until the liquid has reduced away to almost cypher in addition to the potatoes are cooked through. 

Kill the oestrus in addition to stir through the lemon juice, parsley in addition to common salt in addition to pepper.