Trinxat (Andorra)

                                                                               Receta en Español

Trinxat is a catalan word that means carved or smashed, it refers to the way they prepare the dish, all the ingredients are smashed with the help of a fork.

it is popular in Cerdanya and Andorra.  

Today I present to you how this dish is prepared in Andorra.

Ingredients (2 people):

• 300 grams cabbage leaves.
• 1 potato 300 grams.
• 2 bacon slices.
• 2 garlic cloves.

Method:

1-  Wash and cut cabbage and potato into pieces. 

2- Put cabbage and potato into the pressure cooker, add a little water, you can use a steamer basket. Close the pressure cooker , put on a high heat.  Once the steam starts to come out,  put on a low heat and cook for 30 minutes.

Don't put any salt! the salt taste will be provided by the bacon.

3- Now put the cooked cabbaged and potato into another pot without the water, smash it with a fork:

4- Fry bacon with a little quantity of oil, put bacon aside:

5- Use the same oil to sautée chopped garlic.

6-  Add the mash of cabbage and potato to the skillet , stir well until the mash has absorved all the oil.

7-  Serve the mash accompanied by the bacon.



 My comments to the Recipe:

It is an easy recipe, the mixture of cabbage and potato is tasty. Besides bacon provides a wonderful taste and all the salt that needs this dish.

If bacon is too salty you can cook it in boiling water, this way it will lose some salt.



Andorra