Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root
Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, collards, ham, and turnip root. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Collards and turnip greens are a staple vegetable for many Southern diets. These leafy greens tolerate cold temperatures and can be harvested twice a year by planting in early spring for an early summer harvest, or early fall for a late fall harvest. The bite of frost increases sugar.

Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook collards, ham, and turnip root using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root:
  1. Get 1-1/4 pounds collard greens
  2. Get 1-1/4 pounds turnip roots
  3. Take 8 ounces diced smoked ham
  4. Prepare 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  5. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
  7. Make ready 2 cups water

As the greens cook, they will produce a lot of liquid that will cook down. These much-loved Southern turnip greens (or collards) are cooked with salt pork for flavor and served with cornbread and pepper vinegar sauce. Even though turnip greens are not as bitter as collards, many people like to add a small amount of sugar to their turnip greens, but that is entirely optional. Dark green, leafy vegetables like collards, mustard greens, turnip greens and spinach are very different, yet they have similarities.

Instructions to make Collards, Ham, and Turnip Root:
  1. Peel the turnip roots
  2. Dice the turnips add to a pot
  3. Add the ham and salt, let cook 3 minutes
  4. Stir well
  5. Add the collards and seasoned salt
  6. Stir everything mixing
  7. When the collards are wilted add vinegar
  8. Simmer covered for 1 hour.
  9. Serve, I hope you enjoy!

These greens are members of the cabbage family. Greens vary in appearance, flavor, nutrition and cooking times. Knowing the difference between collards and other. Let Up in Farms Food Hub Sourcing Manager John Stanley guide you through the subtle differences in distinguishing collards, mustard, and turnip greens. Collard greens and ham hocks were just meant to be together in my opinion.

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