Winter

Marinated Collard Green Salad with Sausage over Gruyere Grits

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March  5, 2014
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3 Ratings
Marinated Collard Green Salad with Sausage over Gruyere Grits
  • Serves 4
What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 cup grits
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 pound hot Italian sausage meat
  • 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
  • 2 scallions, whites and greens chopped and separated
  • 1 bunch collard greens, stems discarded and leaves torn into 2-inch pieces
  • 1 cup grated Gruyere
Directions
  1. In a medium saucepan, combine grits and 3 cups water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until grits are tender, about 15 minutes.
  2. While grits cook, heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add sausage and cook, stirring to crumble, until sausage is cooked through and browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove sausage from skillet. Reserve 2 tablespoons fat in skillet (discard any excess). Return skillet to medium heat.
  3. Add scallion whites to hot fat and cook, stirring, until scallions have softened slightly, 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and whisk in cider vinegar. Place collards in a large bowl and pour warm dressing over greens. Use hands to crush dressing into greens until wilted, about 3 minutes. Season greens with salt and pepper, and stir in scallion greens.
  4. Stir cheese into cooked grits and season with salt and pepper. Serve grits topped with collards and sausage.
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6 Reviews

Christina D.
Christina D. November 14, 2015
This meal has become a part of my family's regular rotation. We have used various sausages, greens, and cheeses. All of the variations turned out just great. Thanks for the recipe!
 
Andrea
Andrea May 3, 2015
Very good! I made this tonight, making a few substitutions based on produce from the farmer's market and what I had on hand. Mustard greens instead of collards, smoked Gruyere instead of unsmoked. It was excellent and a wonderful use of spring greens.
 
Regine
Regine March 17, 2015
What type of grits should I use?
 
GingerBlossom
GingerBlossom April 3, 2014
I thought this was amazingly good. The gruyere grits were the perfect foil for the sausage and greens. Yum!
 
pvmeer
pvmeer March 13, 2014
This was great and a keeper in our house. I did make two slight changes. I made the grits with 2 cups water and 1 cup milk and I did 1/2 hot Italian sausage and 1/2 Sweet Italian sausage.
 
GSmodden
GSmodden March 12, 2014
This was very quick to make - came home from work at 9 pm and had dinner out by 9:25ish. Tasted great, too. Just what I needed.