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Caldo Verde Brasileiro (Brazilian Kale and Sausage Soup)

Name: Caldo Verde Brasileiro (Brazilian Kale and Sausage Soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: potatoes, cubed 400 g; kale, shredded 200 g; Brazilian sausage, sliced 200 g; onion, chopped 80 g; garlic cloves 10 g; olive oil 30 ml; chicken stock 1 l; fine salt 5 g

A bright kale and sausage soup thickened with potato, finished with olive oil.

50 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Caldo verde exists because of the colder southern states, where kale grows and the season turned soups into something substantial. Sausage browned first and mashed potato give the bowl both body and salt, so the dish needs very little else. It is an evening dish for cold nights, served in a mug with olive oil poured over the top.

Ingredients

potatoes, cubed400 g
kale, shredded200 g
Brazilian sausage, sliced200 g
onion, chopped80 g
garlic cloves10 g
olive oil30 ml
chicken stock1 l
fine salt5 g

Directions

1
Sauté onion and garlic three minutes; add sausage three minutes.
2
Add potatoes and stock; simmer fifteen minutes until soft.
3
Blend half the soup for body; return to pot.
4
Stir in kale; simmer four minutes.
5
Drizzle olive oil and serve.

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