Spanish
Cocido Montanes (Cantabrian Bean and Cabbage Stew)
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Cocido Montanes (Cantabrian Bean and Cabbage Stew) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. 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
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Put the soaked beans in a large pot with the whole onion, garlic, and the tocino, cover with water by two inches, and bring to a boil, skimming the foam.
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Lower the heat and simmer gently for about an hour, until the beans begin to soften.
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Add the potatoes and the chorizo and continue cooking for 20 minutes.
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Stir in the chopped cabbage and the morcilla and simmer until the cabbage is tender, about 20 minutes more, adding a splash of water if the pot looks dry.
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Stir in the paprika, season with the salt, and serve the beans, greens, and meats together in deep bowls.
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Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Cocido Montanes (Cantabrian Bean and Cabbage Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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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. Cocido Montanes (Cantabrian Bean and Cabbage Stew) 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
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 32 g
- Fiber
- 10 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 850 mg
- Saturated fat
- 12 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Cocido Montanes (Cantabrian Bean and Cabbage Stew) takes about 120 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 winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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