Mustard and Collard Greens
Source of Recipe
Willie Crawford's Soul Food Recipes Newsletter
List of Ingredients
2 Smoked ham hocks
Water
3 lb Mustard greens (up to 3-1/2)
3 lb Collard greens (up to 4)
2 Tsp.sugar
3 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
Recipe
Place ham hocks in large saucepot or dutch oven;cover with water
and cook,covered, over moderately low heat for 2 hours.
While ham is cooking, remove stems from greens and tear leaves
into fairly large pieces.
Rinse greens several times in warm, salted water.
Drain well.
Stir sugar, salt and pepper into water with ham hocks.
Add enough greens to fill pot.
Cover and when greens shrink, add more, stirring occasionally,
until all the greens are added.
Cook greens for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours, depending on the tenderness
of the greens.
Remove the meat from the ham hocks and serve with greens.
Serves 8.
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