Spanish Stew (Olla Pudrida or Cocido Español)

Ingredients

• 3 pints chick peas
• 1/2 pound salt beef
• 1/2 pound bacon
• 1 pint fresh lima beans
• 1/2 pound salt pork
• 1/2 pound salty sausage
• 1 small cabbage
• 1 large chicken, jointed
• 3 small birds (or 1 pigeon)
• 1 pig's tail, ear or snout
• 1/2 pound pork sausage, sliced
• 1/2 pound blood sausage, sliced
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 6 peppercorns
• 12 small potatoes, peeled
• 1/4 pound cooked veal
• 1/2 pound ham, cooked
• 2 eggs
• Bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Soak garbanzos, salt beef, bacon, salt pork, and salty sausage overnight.

2. 2

   Drain the meat and put it into a deep kettle with chicken and, if possible, 3 small birds or a pigeon, certainly a pig's tail, ear or snout.

3. 3

   Cover deep with cold water, bring to boiling point, then lower the flame and cook slowly.

4. 4

   Parboil garbanzos, drain, and add them to the stewpot gradually.

5. 5

   Salt to taste and skim.

6. 6

   Add an onion pierced with a clove, garlic, and peppercorns, cover and seal kettle lid with flour paste.

7. 7

   Simmer without stirring for 5 hours.

8. 8

   At the end of the fourth hour, place in another kettle with plenty of water, the fresh lima beans, cabbage, beets, carrots, sliced pork sausage, blood sausage, and meatballs made of minced cooked veal, minced ham, eggs, and enough sifted bread crumbs to hold them in shape.

9. 9

   Just before serving, season with a teaspoon of cinnamon and saffron.

10. 10

    Serve with sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPANISH STEW (Olla Pudrida or Cocido Espahol) 3 pints chick peas Thick flour paste 54 pound each: salt beef, bacon, 1 pint fresh lima beans salt pork and salty sausage 1 small cabbage 1 large chicken, jointed 6 small beets 3 small birds (or 1 pigeon) 6 small carrots 1 pig's tail, ear or snout Y2 pound pork sausage, sliced Salt % pound blood sausage, sliced 1 onion !/4 pound cooked veal 1 clove % pound ham, cooked 2 cloves garlic 2 eggs 6 peppercorns Bread crumbs 12 small potatoes, peeled

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