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Braised kale with mascarpone polenta

Braised kale with mascarpone polenta

Ben Dearnley

You’ve heard it before – leafy greens, especially those of the dark-green variety, are good for you. You’ll find them in Phil Wood’s recipe for braised broccoli with chickpeas, Flower Drum’s stir-fried water spinach with preserved bean curd, or Rosetta’s ricotta and silverbeet malfatti. Watercress in salads, Brussels sprouts in pasta, cavolo nero in soup work wonders too, and remarkably, we even have a recipe for braised kale with polenta that will actually make you sing the vegetable’s praises.

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Silverbeet, pumpkin and farro broth

Chickpea, pumpkin and cavolo nero soup recipe
Photo: Chris Court

Chickpea, pumpkin and cavolo nero soup

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chicken, lentil and kale soup

Photo: William Meppem

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Spinach and ricotta rotolo
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spinach and ricotta rotolo

Andalusian spinach and chickpeas
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Andalusian spinach and chickpeas

Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini
Photo: William Meppem

Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini

Braised kale with mascarpone polenta
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Braised kale with mascarpone polenta

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