Kale in Butter
Kale in Butter is a traditional Scottish recipe for a classic accompaniment of kale in a butter sauce thickened with oatmeal and finished with lemon juice that makes an excellent accompaniment for a Burns supper. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Scottish version of: Kale in Butter.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Vegetarian RecipesVegetable RecipesScottish Recipes
This is another Scottish kale dish, where the greens are blanched and finished in a butter sauce with onion, oatmeal and lemon juice
Ingredients:
400g (1 lb) curly kale
100g (4 oz) butter
2 tbsp fine oatmeal
4 tbsp grated onion
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
freshly-grated nutmeg, to taste
2 tbsp lemon juice
Method:
Wash the kale thoroughly, bring a pan of lightly-salted water to a boil, add the kale and blanch for 10 minutes. Drain the kale and chop very finely.
Melt the butter in a pan, scatter in the oatmeal and onion and fry until the oatmeal is golden brown and aromatic. Stir in the chopped kale and fry for a few minutes to heat.
Season to taste with salt, black pepper and nutmeg then pour in the lemon juice and serve.
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