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Trinxat - A Catalan Tale for Kids, El Patufet

Era una vegada... This is how catalan tales usually start, it's our "once upon a time". And this tale called El Patufet (The tinny boy) has something to do with my dish today : Trinxat de col i patata.

Once upon a time there was this little tinny boy, so small so small that nobody could see him at first. One day after begging his mom for weeks, he had permission to go to the field, where his dad worked the land, and take him his lunch. During the way Patufet sang a song so that nobody would step on him and the people run away frightened to see a basket full of food signing and rolling down the streets!

If you want to have a good laugh then have the Special dressing -The song went like this:
patufet1.mp3 Only for adults with a kids' heart!

On his way to dad's field, it started to rain so heavily that he had to look for shelter under a cabbage. The poor boy was so tired that he fell asleep and a big cow that was eating nearby saw the cabbage and swallowed it with Patufet and the basket food included!!!

At night, when his parents couldn't find him anywhere started to shout in the fields his name: Patufeeeeet, where are you? And he would answer from the cows' belly: I'm in the cows' belly, where it doesn't rain nor snow!!!! When they heart his voice they started to feed the cow and the belly grew bigger and bigger until the cow fartted so loud that Patufet came out as a bullet from the cows stomach.

And this is a happy ending for a cute kids' story... about a small tinny boy, a cow and a cabbage!


Ingredients for 4 servings: 1 medium winter cabbage, 1 1/4 kilos of potatoes, 8 slices of cured bacon, 3 garlic cloves, olive oil and salt.


* Clean the cabbage and boil the leaves in salty water. When they are half boiled add the potatoes cut in big dices. Let it cook until potatoes are done. Strain and reserve.

* In a big saucepan pour some olive oil and when hot add the bacon slices and fry until crunchy. Reserve over some kitchen paper so that the oil stays there.

* In the same saucepan with the same oil add the garlics cut in slices. When golden add the cabbage and potatoe. Stir and fry at medium heat and with the wooden spoon break the potatoes and cabbage. Taste and add some more salt if necessary. Stir and make sure they get all oil and flavours and turn off the heat.

* Make whatever shape you like with the veggies and present on a plate with the bacon flags on top. Once the shape is done, and before putting the bacon on top, you can also golden it a bit with some hot olive oil in another pan so that it gets a bit crusty.

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