As you might have noticed, up until last week there was a conspicuous lack of kale recipes on the blog. I am a fan of kale, but it does not seem to be very popular with the locals and so I was not able to find it anywhere on the island. Then, out of the blue, I heard from a lady called Barbara who had some kale for sale. She had a brilliant idea of bringing kale seeds with her from Germany and somehow managed to persuade one of the local farmers to grow this superhero of a vegetable. Turns out it grows beautifully here too, but that’s no surprise – almost everything does!
Barbara told me to turn up at the veg stall by the road where I often shop for vegetables and ask for ‘Barbara cabbage’ (Greeks don’t have a special name for kale, they simply call it cabbage – ‘λάχανο’). As soon as I said the words, the stall owner jumped on his motorbike parked nearby and off he went. I was a tad confused until minutes later when I saw him coming back with a beautiful canopy of kale freshly pulled out from the ground. It was a fine looking and tasting specimen and I’m definitely going back for more. I hope you like kale as I am keen to make up for the lost time. Kale cupcakes, anyone?:)
2 tbsp white / shiro miso paste + 1 tbsp water** 1 tbsp soy sauce (or tamari for GF) 1 tbsp maple syrup 2-3 tsp grated ginger (depending how much you like it) 1 garlic clove, pressed 1 tbsp rice vinegar pinch of hot chilli flakes 1 tsp sesame oil ½ tbsp frying oil
