Sweet Tea Turnip Greens

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbs of olive oil

  • Smoked Ham Hock

  • 1/2 red onion

  • 3 turnips and their greens

  • 1 cup of sweet tea

  • 2 tbs of apple cider vinegar

  • Salt to taste

  • Peppers in vinegar

Remove the greens from the turnips and wash thoroughly. Roughly chop the greens until they are around 2 inch squares. Peel the turnips and dice into ½ inch cubes. 

Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Sear the ham hock on all sides. Add white onion to the pot and sauté until they begin to turn translucent. Add a handful of greens to the pot and about ¼ teaspoon of salt. Using tongs, squeeze as much liquid as possible out of the greens as they wilt down. Repeat the addition of greens and salt until all the greens are fully wilted, compressing the greens each time to extract the liquid. 

Add the sweet tea and vinegar, cover the pot and simmer on low for one hour. Add the turnips, cover the pot and simmer for an additional 30 minutes. 

Add some of the vinegar from the peppers to taste with each serving. 

Jared Rawlinson