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— Angeline Collins, Heath Springs, SC · Recipe kept since the '60s, taught to every student since 1998
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- "title": "Angeline's Slow-Cooked Collards with Smoked Turkey Wing",
- "method": "braised-simmer",
- "author": "Angeline Collins",
- "region": "Heath Springs, South Carolina, USA",
- "serves": "6-8",
- "total_time_minutes": 120,
- "ingredients": [
- { "name": "collard greens", "amount": 2.5, "unit": "pounds", "note": "Vates variety, outer leaves picked, stems stripped" },
- { "name": "smoked turkey wing", "amount": 1, "unit": "wing", "note": "about 1 lb; ham hock acceptable substitute" },
- { "name": "onion", "amount": 1, "unit": "large", "prep": "sliced thin" },
- { "name": "garlic", "amount": 3, "unit": "cloves", "prep": "smashed" },
- { "name": "apple-cider vinegar", "amount": 1, "unit": "tablespoon", "note": "added at end, not early" },
- { "name": "red-pepper flakes", "amount": 0.5, "unit": "teaspoon" },
- { "name": "kosher salt", "amount": null, "unit": "to taste" },
- { "name": "sugar", "amount": null, "unit": "pinch", "note": "only if greens bitter" },
- { "name": "water or homemade stock", "amount": null, "unit": "to cover" }
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- "steps": [
- "Wash greens in two changes of cold water.",
- "Remove thick center ribs; stack, roll, and slice into ~1-inch ribbons.",
- "Brown smoked turkey wing in heavy pot over medium heat until golden.",
- "Add onion, cook until translucent; add garlic and pepper flakes.",
- "Add greens in handfuls, wilting each batch before adding more.",
- "Add water/stock to just cover, add vinegar, bring to gentle simmer.",
- "Cover, reduce to low, simmer 90-120 minutes. Salt to taste at the end.",
- "Serve with pot liquor, pepper vinegar, and cornbread."
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- { "stage": "simmer", "heat": "low, gentle simmer", "time_minutes": 90 }
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- "bitter": "picked in hot weather or undercooked; fix by simmering longer until leaf yields",
- "tough_stringy": "center ribs not removed or boiled hard instead of simmered",
- "sour_flat": "too much vinegar too early, or no browning of the meat; vinegar belongs at the end"
- },
- "growing_notes": {
- "variety": "Vates",
- "planting": "August for fall crop, late February for spring",
- "harvest": "Pick outer leaves, leave crown; sweetest after a frost",
- "care": "sun, water, spring lime application"
- }
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