How to Cook Chards the Spanish Way

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Separate the leaves of the chard and wash them under the tap.

   Trim the greenest parts as they often get dented by snails and the like.
   
   Cut the clean trimmed leaves in pieces about two fingers wide using a pair of scissors or a small kitchen knife.
   
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   Step 2: Wash and peel the potatoes.

   Cut them into medium-sized pieces that will remain whole after the boiling process.
   
   Put the potatoes and the pieces of chard in the pressure cooker. ,, If the chard and potatoes overfill the pressure cooker give it a short boil (without the lid) and everything will sag down and you'll be able to resume cooking. ,, Allow it to cook for six minutes exactly.
   
   Let the pressure cooker cool down leaving it somewhere on the stove plate which is not heated. ,, Press the steam-release button very carefully until there's no steam left.
   
   Open the cooker taking care not to get burned by the boiling water.
   
   Strain the contents and leave them for a few minutes in the strainer itself..
   
   Without rinsing the pressure cooker, check that that no vegetables are left in it. ,,,
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   Step 3: Add the salt.

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   Step 4: Add some water

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   Step 5: about 1/2 or 3/4 of a litre.

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   Step 6: Close the pressure cooker and heat it at the highest setting of your stove until you see that the pressure cooker marking or coloured ring is approaching the lowest setting for steam pressure.

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   Step 7: Turn the stove setting to almost the minimum

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   Step 8: provided the pressure reading on the pressure cooker keeps at the lowest colour or marking.

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   Step 9: Taking advantage of the six minutes of the cooking time plus the several minutes of the cooling down of the pressure cooker

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    Step 10: you can peel and slice the three cloves of garlic and save them..

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    Step 11: Check that there's no pressure in the pressure cooker.

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    Step 12: Pour some olive oil in the cooker

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    Step 13: just enough to fry the garlic slices which will flavour the dressing for the chards

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    Step 14: The moment the garlic turns golden

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    Step 15: pour the contents of the strainer into the pressure cooker and stir with care not to pulverize the boiled potatoes.

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    Step 16: While you stir to season the chards properly

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    Step 17: you can add a small quantity of the extra ingredients mentioned below.

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    Step 18: Finished.

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