Fwd: St. Patrick's Day Night's Dinner

Cabbage & Bacon Fry Up - Jordi's Version.

100mL olive oil
20cm 'branch' rosemary
4 garlic cloves, peeled & bruised
8 rashers of smokey bacon, cut into 5 strips
8 new potatoes, 2 cm cubed, not peeled
2 medium onions
8 cabbage leaves, rolled up then finely finely sliced
100mL Guinness
Freshly ground black pepper

1. Place cubed potatoes in a pot of cold water and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Drain.
   
2. In a large non-stick fry pan, place the oil, rosemary & garlic, heat on a very low heat for 10 minutes, stirring from time to time. This infuses the oil with the flavours without an intense heat which avoids burning of the sensitive leaves and cloves. Remove the rosemary and garlic and reserve (they will be used later)
   
3. Turn the heat up, place in the bacon and fry (with spatter guard) on high until the bacon is crispy and cooked. Now the oil is really infused with lots of flavour.
   
4. Fry the well drained potatoes on medium a heat to really crips them up and infuse them with the great flavours that you have just created. This will take about 10 minutes, stirring them from time to time to toss them in the oil for an even browning. Drain in a colander or on kitchen paper.
   
5. Find a safe way to dispose of the oil and pour out all but 40mL of oil. Fry the onions over a medium low heat so taht they start to caramelise and take on the flavours of the great oil. Add the bacon, rosemary and garlic, keep cooking for another minute.
6. Add the shredded cabbage and cook for about 3 minutes until the cabbage starts to wilt.
   
7. Pour over the Guinness and prepare yourself for a wonder sizzle and steaming of the kitchen as the cabbage turns bright green - it's now ready to serve on your plate.
8. Top with crispy fried potatoes. Serve with some freshly steamed or boiled carrot slices and of course a great pint of Guinness.
   

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