Recipes: Spring greens with smoked bacon & black pepper

Blanch hearty leaves like spring greens, kale and cavolo nero, them fry with bacon and lots of pepper for a robust side dish

Ingredients

• 1 cube vegetable or chicken stock
• 700g young spring greens , trimmed and cut into quarters at the root
• 200g thick cut bacon , cut into batons, or use lardons
• 50g butter

  

  1. Add the stock cube to a large pan of boiling water, drop in the spring greens and cook for 4-5 minutes. Drain well.
  2. Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a wok or large non-stick frying pan with some seasoning until crisp. Add the butter and the greens then stir-fry for a few minutes. Finish with lots more black pepper.

  PER SERVING

  276 kcalories, protein 12,5g, carbohydrate 5,6g, fat 22,8 g, saturated fat 10,7g, fibre 6g, salt 2,16 g