Spanish
Menestra de Verduras (Braised Spring Vegetable Medley)
Menestra de Verduras (Braised Spring Vegetable Medley) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 6 artichoke hearts
- 2 cups green beans
- 2 carrot
- 1 cup fresh peas
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 2 cups cauliflower florets
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Halve the artichoke hearts and drop them into a bowl of cold water so they do not darken while you prep the rest of the vegetables.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and blanch the green beans, carrots, peas, asparagus, and cauliflower separately for 4 to 6 minutes each, just until tender crisp, then drain and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a wide pan and cook the garlic over low heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes, taking care not to let it brown.
- Add the drained artichokes and the broth, cover, and simmer for 8 minutes until the artichokes are tender.
- Stir in all the blanched vegetables and warm everything through together for 5 minutes so the flavors meld, then season with the salt and pepper and serve warm.
Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Menestra de Verduras (Braised Spring Vegetable Medley), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Menestra de Verduras (Braised Spring Vegetable Medley) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Menestra de Verduras (Braised Spring Vegetable Medley) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in spring, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on artichoke, green bean, carrot, and pea.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from central Spain and northern Spain.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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