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Fall Vegetable Medley
Recipe is from Italian Family Dining: Recipes, Menus and Memories of Meals with a Great American Food Family (Rodale Press, 2005) by Edward Giobbi and Eugenia Giobbi Bone
Ingredients
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
Half a small head of Savoy cabbage, cored and chopped
4 small potatoes, peeled and sliced (we prefer Yukon Gold)
1 medium leek, white only, rinsed and cut into 4 sections
1 cup chicken stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup fresh lima beans
1 tablespoon chopped basil or flat-leaf parsley
Extra virgin olive oil, for garnish
Directions
Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, cover and cook until the onion becomes translucent, about five minutes. Add the cabbage, potatoes, leek and stock, and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the lima beans and basil. Cover and cook until the beans are fork-tender, about 10 minutes. Garnish each portion with extra virgin olive oil. Serves four.
Suggestions
We harvest lima beans, cabbage and leeks in the fall, but you can substitute other fall vegetables, like beet greens, Brussels sprouts, kale and boiled cranberry beans.