Italian Vegetable Dishes Recipes - Vegetables in Green Sauce (Verdure in Salsa Verde) Recipe

Ingredients     

• 45 ml/3 tbsp oil

• 4 large carrots, chopped

• 450 g/1lb potatoes, chopped

• 2 onions, chopped

• 2 large green (bell) peppers, finely chopped

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh basil

• 1 bay leaf

• 120 m/1/2 cup white wine

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 10 ml/2 tsp corn flour (cornstarch) dissolved in 15 ml/1 tbsp water

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

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Method:

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan (skillet) and cook the carrots and potatoes for 5 minutes until browned, turning occasionally.

2. Remove from the pan. Add the onions, green peppers, garlic, basil and bay leaf to the pan and cook for 2 minutes.

3. Stir in the wine and bring to the boil. Return the carrots and potatoes to the pan and baste them with the sauce.

4. Reduce the heat, add seasoning and cook gently for 30 minutes, turning regularly.

5. Add the butter to the pan and stir in the blended corn flour. Cook, stirring for 3 minutes.

6. Discard the bay leaf, sprinkle the parsley over and serve.