Blitva

Name: Blitva
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Croatian
Ingredients: 1kg Swiss chard, stalks and leaves chopped separately; 500g potatoes, peeled and cubed; 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; Salt and black pepper

Blitva s krumpirom/BLIT-vah s KROOM-pee-rom/

Also known as: Blitva s Krumpirom, Swiss Chard with Potatoes

About this dish

Swiss chard and potatoes boiled together and dressed with plenty of olive oil and garlic, Dalmatia's essential side for fish.

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Ingredients

🥬1kg Swiss chard, stalks and leaves chopped separately

🥔500g potatoes, peeled and cubed

🫒6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

🧄3 cloves garlic, chopped

🧂Salt and black pepper

Method

Serves 4

Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10 minutes.

Add the chard stalks and cook for 3 minutes, then add the leaves and cook for 5 minutes more.

Drain well, keeping a splash of the cooking water.

Warm the olive oil with the garlic just until fragrant and pour it over the vegetables.

Mash roughly with a fork, season with salt and pepper, and serve with grilled fish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Blitva s krumpirom is served alongside grilled fish all along the Dalmatian coast, and is simple enough that the quality of the olive oil matters most.

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