The Green Sauce for Boiled Meat is a typical Piedmontese recipe that, as the title suggests, is mainly used as a condiment for boiled meat but can easily be paired with boiled vegetables, fish, cheeses, and is also delicious on bread. The main ingredient is parsley, which when blended with capers, anchovy fillets, hard-boiled eggs, oil, and bread soaked in vinegar, creates this condiment also known as Bagnet verd or Bagnet piemontese.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 3 People
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Regional Italian
- Region: Piedmont
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 425.54 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 22.14 (g) of which sugars 2.21 (g)
- Proteins 13.73 (g)
- Fat 32.69 (g) of which saturated 5.04 (g)of which unsaturated 7.47 (g)
- Fibers 2.46 (g)
- Sodium 967.90 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 126 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2.5 oz parsley (leaves only)
- 3 fillets anchovies in oil
- 1 egg
- 1 clove garlic
- 0.5 oz capers in salt
- 1 oz pine nuts
- 2.8 oz bread (soaked in vinegar and squeezed (final weight))
- 5 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
Tools
- Digital Kitchen Scale
- Chopper
Steps
Wash the parsley leaves thoroughly and dry them. Soak the bread crumb in vinegar and squeeze it. Hard-boil the egg and prepare the anchovy fillets, pine nuts, salted capers, and garlic with the core removed.
Place all ingredients in the mixer and process until a not too fine mixture is obtained. Pour in the oil in a thin stream while the mixer is running. Do not add salt as the capers are sufficiently flavorful. These quantities yield slightly over 12 oz of sauce. The Green Sauce can be stored covered with oil and plastic wrap in the fridge for a few days.
Notes
Parsley is an aromatic herb used in many dishes. It contains phosphorus, copper, calcium, sulfur, and vitamins, especially vitamin C which aids in iron absorption in the gut. Decoctions are contraindicated during pregnancy.
How do you store Green Sauce?
The Green Sauce can be stored covered with oil and plastic wrap in the fridge for a few days.
