Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone or cotechino is a typical Venetian recipe. After preparing the verze sofegae, a humble dish from the Venetian rural tradition, I thought of completing the dish just as the farmers did by adding zampone or cotechino, which they would prepare directly on their farm. They also enjoyed the cabbage with pork ribs, sausage, bacon, or cotechino, thus creating a complete and very hearty dish. I recommend checking out other recipes with cotechino and zampone, I’m sure you’ll find other recipes to try. Now let’s see how to make Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone or cotechino.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients to prepare the Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone
- 1 Savoy cabbage
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2.5 oz Onion
- 1 Zampone or cotechino (pre-cooked)
- 2 cups vegetable broth or bouillon
How to prepare the Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone or cotechino
Let’s start preparing the Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone Wash the cabbage and cut it into thin strips. Clean the onion and dice it.
Pour 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, the diced onion, and the cabbage cut into very thin strips into a pot, add a ladle of vegetable broth, cover with a lid, and let it cook for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more broth when necessary.
Pour cold water into a large pot and insert the zampone without removing it from its bag. Proceed with cooking according to the times indicated on the package, which is usually about 30 minutes.
Once cooked, remove it from the water and cut a small corner of the cooking bag, drain its liquid, and only when all the liquid has drained, cut the package completely and place it on a plate.
Cut the zampone into slices about 1/2 inch thick. Now that the zampone is ready, we can serve the cabbage which in the meantime has cooked, and place the slices of zampone on top. Serve the Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone very hot.
How to store the Savoy cabbage recipe with zampone or cotechino
Store it in the refrigerator for 2/3 days
