Stews and Ragouts in general by Carlos Mirasierras

Ingredients for 4-6 people:
1 thistle
1/2 kg. pork spare ribs
2 potatoes
4 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons flour
water
Olive oil
salt
black pepper
paprika
parsley
Preparation:
Wash the thistle and cut into cubes. Cook it in boiling water with a pinch of salt for a
few mins in a pressure cooker (PC) with no lid on. Peel and dice the potatoes and add
them to the PC. Now, put the lid on, lock the PC and cook for 4 minutes after the steam
starts to come out. Drain and reserve.
Cut the spare ribs into smaller pieces, salt and pepper, and fry together with the garlic
cloves, whole, until the rib pieces are well browned all over.
Put the flour in a pan with a little oil, and cook and stir so as to make a béchamel; then
add in some paprika to taste. Next, add in two ladles of the cooking liquid of the PC,
(once it is open).
Next, stir the ribs, thistle and the potatoes into the pan where the béchamel was
cooked. Cook over low heat for about 2 minutes. Serve in a bowl and garnish with
parsley.
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