Buckwheat With Kale, Sweet Potato And Sausage

• 1 cup buckwheat groats, dry roasted for about 5 minutes
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3-4 cups chicken broth
• 2 bunches of kale, stems removed and blanched.
• 3 links sweet italian sausage, diced
• 3 shallots, diced fine
• 6 cloves garlic, diced
• 1 sweet potato, in 1/2 inch cubes
• Salt and Pepper to taste

1. 1. Dry roast about 1 c buckwheat in a pan until slightly browned.
2. 2. Add in 1 beaten egg and stir quickly to avoid clumping.
3. 3. Add 2 cups chicken broth, cover, and simmer for about 15 minutes.
4. 4. Blanch 2 bunches of kale, stems removed, and loosely torn. Set aside.
5. 5. Chop 3 links of sausage into small pieces and brown in a large pan (All ingredients will need to fit in this pan). Lay sausage on a paper towel to remove some of the grease. Keep the grease that is in the pan.
6. 6. Chop 3 shallots and about 6 cloves of garlic finely and then saute in the pan with the sausage grease until softened. Add buckwheat and mix, let cook for a few minutes.
7. 6. Microwave sweet potato in chicken broth 5-7 minutes until tender.
8. 7. Add kale and sausage and and mix. Sprinkle with about a half spoon of salt and fresh ground pepper. (remember, the sausage provides a lot of salt!)
9. 8. Add sweet potato and broth as well if additional moisture needed. Stir.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/buckwheat-with-kale-sweet-potato-and-sausage-50123071 (may not work)