Blitva

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This is a very simple croatian dish. i added garlic and mushrooms to my blitva. I added the garlic to the onion when it was cooking, then added the mushroom and cooked it until the mushrooms were soft.

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Steps

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Wash the chard and chop it up.

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Wash the potatoes and cut them into quarters.

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In a medium saucepan , add the potatoes and swiss chard and cover with water.

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Add 1 teaspoons of salt to the water and boil until the potatoes are soft.

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Around 20 minutes.

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Reserve 1 cup of the potato water before you drain the potato / chard mixture.

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Mash up the potato and chard mixture and set aside.

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In a medium skillet add the olive oil and heat it up.

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Add the onion until it is lightly browned.

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Then remove it and add the flour and make a thick paste.

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Add the one cup of potato water to the skillet and stir until you get a thick gravy.

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Add the chopped onion that you just sauteed back into the gravy and then add this into the potato chard mixture.

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Mix it all well.

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Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Cover the whole mixture and cook over low heat for 5 minutes then serve.

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Bon appetit !.

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Ingredients

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swiss chard, potatoes, onion, olive oil, salt and pepper