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      a year ago

      Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

      I think I’ve already told here on occasion that I live in the countryside. But not for long, since the pandemic, thanks to the fact that I can telework. One of the things that amazes me the most about the countryside, and that surprised me the most at first coming from a big city like Madrid, is the amount of resources it offers us. And I’m not just talking about everything that people in the villages usually grow in their gardens, which is also true, but also wild resources.

      I show you this little herb or wild vegetable, which is in full season, it is spring. They are collejas. In the cities we live very disconnected of the nature, around here everybody knows them and I, it is not that I did not have access to them, it is that before I did not even know them. Now that I can identify them well, I love to go out and collect them.

      I show you them just picked, already cleaned of stems, only the leaves. As soon as I make something with them, I will show it to you too. They can be eaten sautéed, in scrambled eggs, in omelette… they are very tasty.

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      • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

        bea, how nice to read this.

        I like how you tell your experience with such closeness and how you discovered the collejas, something so common in the countryside but so unknown to those who live in the city. You made me think about how much we miss by not observing what is growing around us.

        do you have a favorite recipe with collejas that you like to prepare at home. I was also wondering if it’s taste or texture is like spinach.

        Thanks for sharing I already want to see what amazing recipe you prepare. 🙂

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        a year ago
        • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

          @sussan_scoolinaryteam las he probado salteadas con un sofrito de ajo y cebolla y en revuelto. Pero como más me gustan es en tortilla 🥰. Respecto al sabor y textura… si, se parecen un poco a las espinacas

        • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

          Oh, these slappers bring back memories of my mother Bea! She loved to fetch them with a friend. They would come home with them between laughter and tiredness from the walk they would take. I have to confess that I didn’t like them, but I’m talking about when I was a child. Maybe now if I ate them it would change things, wouldn’t it?

          It is a privilege that those of us who live in a village have. These jewels that nature gives us are priceless. I’m so glad you discovered them and enjoy them 🥰😉.

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          a year ago
          • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

            @loles-mhotmail-com seguro que ahora sí te gustarían… es como lo del potaje del que hablábamos hace unos días 😅

            Es verdad, tenemos verdaderas joyas. Estas collejas, los cardillos (me gustan mucho, pero por no pelarlos…), y cuando llegue la temporada, moras silvestres. Por aquí hay quien también recoge espárragos silvestres, pero creo que no hay tantos como por tu zona

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            • Maloles Muñoz (edited)
              Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

              @beatriztorijagmail-com Cardillos ! Esos los traía mi abuelo cuando era pequeña. Es verdad que tienen trabajo. Y las moras silvestres , qué maravilla .
              Los espárragos ya le he he dicho a mi marido que no aparezca por casa con más ! El domingo trajo uno más grande que yo🤦‍♀️Ahora se dedica a regalarlos ajajajaj
              Tú no cojes espárragos?

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        • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

          I had heard about the collejas, but I didn’t know them or what to do with them, looking forward to seeing the result

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          a year ago
          • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

            @undefined en la foto están las hojitas ya cortadas. Son como una plantita pequeña, se cogen pequeñitas, cuando tienen unas pocas hojas cada plantita (2 o 4). Si las plantas crecen más, las hojas ya son más grandes y no son tan tiernas. A mí, como más me gustan es en tortilla 🥰

            • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

              @Mercedes Minaya Palacios tomó nota, tortilla de collejas

            • Level: level 3 sous 3 Sous Chef

              What a lovely post! It’s amazing how moving to the countryside opens our eyes to the abundance of wild, edible treasures like collejas. I had never heard of them before, thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to see what delicious dish you’ll make with them.

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            • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

              ¡Qué afortunada! Tener acceso directo a la naturaleza y a sus tesoros silvestres como estas collejas es un auténtico privilegio. Qué maravilla poder reconocerlas, recolectarlas tú misma y además darles un uso en tu cocina.

              Nos encantará ver en qué las conviertes… ¿Te animarás con una tortilla tradicional, algo más creativo o incluso una versión moderna tipo crema o empanadilla?

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