TYPICAL CERDANYA DISHES

CERDANYA "TRINXAT"

Put a pot of water on to heat. When the water starts to boil add salt and the cabbage, which you have washed and cut up. Peel the potatoes and add them to the pot, allow to boil for about twenty-five minutes until it is all cooked. Drain well. Put the cabbage and potatoes in a dish and mash them with a masher until they are well mixed. In a frying pan, fry the peeled cloves of garlic in a little oil and a little lard and when they are golden, remove them. Then add the belly of pork, fry it until it is well done. Keep it to one side. Put a bit of this oil into the dish with the cabbage and potatoes and stir well. In the frying pan where you have fried the belly of pork, and with the remaining fat, add everything there is in the dish, making an omelette shape, and brown it on both sides. When it is ready, serve it straight away with the slices of belly of pork on top.


INGREDIENTS:
- green winter cabbage
- 1 kg potatoes
- 4 slices of streaky belly of pork
- 2 cloves of garlic
- oil, lard and salt

DANDELION LEAF AND CURED HAM SALAD


INGREDIENTS:
- Dandelion leaves
- Oil, salt and vinegar
- Garlic
- Parsley
- Pine nuts
- Cured ham
Heat the dandelion leaves and put them in water to soak to remove all the dirt and soil. Change the water several times. Choose the cleanest leaves and drain well, dress them with olive oil, vinegar and salt. Then chop the pine nuts, garlic and parsley (little) up finely and cut the cured ham into fine shavings. Scatter on top of the dandelion leaves.