Warm Up with Dutch Comfort Food: Boerenkool - Kale Mash with Smoked Sausage and Bacon

smoked sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Chicken sausage is leaner and lower in fat.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and adds a different flavor.

milk

🥗Healthier: plant-based milk

💰Cheaper: water

Plant-based milk can reduce lactose and calories.

kale

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: cabbage

Spinach offers similar nutrients and is often cheaper.

Cut bacon into small pieces and place in a cold non-stick pan.

Turn on heat to medium and cook bacon until crispy, then remove and set aside, leaving the grease in the pan.

Sauté sliced onion in the bacon grease until golden and soft.

Add the bacon back to the pan with the onions and mix together, then transfer to a bowl.

Peel and cut potatoes into equal-sized pieces and place in a pot, covering with water about 1 cm above the potatoes.

Add a generous pinch of salt and a little pepper to the potatoes.

Chop kale into small pieces and place on top of the potatoes in the pot.

Cover the pot and turn on heat to medium-high until boiling, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, lay the sausage on top of the kale and potatoes and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Drain the pot, reserving some of the cooking water.

Add freshly ground nutmeg and butter to the drained potatoes and kale, and mash to desired consistency.

Add vinegar and the bacon and onion mixture, stir, and season with additional salt and pepper to taste.

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