A Mess Of Greens

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small sweet onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced (about 1 Tbsp.)
• 1 smoked ham hock (about 12 oz.)
• 3 (1-lb.) packages fresh collard greens, washed, trimmed, and cut into thin strips
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup diced jarred jalapeno peppers, drained (optional)
• Pepper sauce

1. Melt butter with oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, and saute 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add garlic; saute 1 minute. Add ham hock, and gently stir.
2. Add half of collards and 2 cups water. Cover and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Add remaining collards and 8 cups water; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 2 hours. Stir in jalapeno peppers, if desired. Add table salt and black pepper to taste, and serve with pepper sauce.

butter, olive oil, sweet onion, garlic, ham hock, collard greens, peppers, pepper sauce

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mess-of-greens (may not work)