Ingredients for Stewed Mangold

How to Make Stewed Mangold with Olives and Pine Nuts

Mangold, the kind of leaf beet, is a wholesome and tasty vegetable. You can try and do it Italian way with fried pinoles and olives – it is an exquisite dish! You can eat it cold as an appetizer or hot for a second course; you can also serve it as a side dish for meat or fish.

Ingredients for Stewed Mangold

    • 1 – 1.2 lb mangold
    • a handful of pine nuts
    • a handful of olives
    • 2-3 garlic cloves
    • 1 shallot
    • Olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice: all to taste.
Ingredients for Stewed Mangold

Ingredients for Stewed Mangold

Recipe for Stewed Mangold

    1. Wash mangold leaves carefully, cut off rough stalks, cut up into large pieces. Put them into a pan with boiling salted water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain with a colander, let all the water go.
    2. Take a stewing pan, fry finely cut shallot and garlic.
    3. Add mangold, stew for 5 minutes, then add olives and sprinkle with lemon juice. Turn off the heat in a minute.
    4. When serving drizzle over with fried pine nuts.
Stewed Mangold with Olives and Pine Nuts

Stewed Mangold with Olives and Pine Nuts