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  1. BRUSTENGO – POTATOES AND CABBAGE PIE

    31 October 2011 // flaviabi

    IL BRUSTENGO

    Ingredients for 4 people:
    half cabbage
    4 medium potatoes
    Extra virgin olive oil
    Wild mint (leaves and flowers)
    1 egg
    Corn flour
    1 shallot
    salt
    Black pepper (or chili)
    Boil plenty of water in a saucepan, and when boiling cook  potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes. After 10 minutes, cut the cabbage into thin strips and add it to the potatoes and simmer  15 minutes more. Drain the vegetables and mash with a fork to obtain a pulp. Add egg, salt and pepper and work the mixture well. Finely chop the shallot and fry in a pan until golden brown, add the leaves of mint and a sprinkling of corn meal, pour the mixture and shape it with a spoon. Cook well (5-7 minutes) and then helping with a large pot, cook the other side to be able to turn it. Put it in a serving dish and sprinkle with mint flowers.