Menestra
- Side
- 2
- 1 hour 10 minutes
Menestra, or menestra de verduras, is a light, comforting Spanish Serrano or Iberico ham and vegetable stew popular in La Rioja and Navarra. It is a very flexible dish and can be made with any vegetables that are in season, so feel free to swap out the veg depending on what you have in.
Ingredients
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- 6 baby carrots, halved lengthways
- 1 handful of green beans, topped and tailed and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 6 new potatoes, halved
- 3 spring onions, trimmed and thickly sliced on the diagonal
- 2 handfuls of baby spinach
- 50g of frozen peas
- olive oil
- 4 slices of jamón serrano, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, grated to a paste
- 100g of artichoke, cooked
- 1 tbsp of Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
- 150ml of white wine
- 300ml of beef stock
- 1 handful of parsley, roughly chopped
Method
Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Add the carrots and green beans and cook for around 5 minutes, or until just tender
- 6 baby carrots, halved lengthways
- 1 handful of green beans, topped and tailed and cut into 2 inch pieces
Remove the carrots and green beans and add the halved new potatoes. Cook for around 10 minutes or until completely tender
- 6 new potatoes, halved
Remove the potatoes from the water and add the spring onions, spinach and peas. Blanch them for around 1 minute or until the spinach just starts to wilt, and then drain
- 3 spring onions, trimmed and thickly sliced on the diagonal
- 2 handfuls of baby spinach
- 50g of frozen peas
Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat and add a dash of olive oil. Once hot, add the ham and fry until crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside
- olive oil
- 4 slices of jamón serrano, sliced
Add the garlic and artichokes and fry until the garlic is soft
- 3 garlic cloves, grated to a paste
- 100g of artichoke, cooked
Add the plain flour and cook out, stirring frequently
- 1 tbsp of Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
Add the white wine and cook until it has mostly evaporated, then add the beef stock
- 150ml of white wine
- 300ml of beef stock
Whisk the stock until it thickens, then add back the ham and cooked vegetables
Cook for a few minutes more until everything is warmed through, and then serve topped with parsley and another drizzle of olive oil
- 1 handful of parsley, roughly chopped
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