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Caldo Verde (Portuguese Kale and Sausage Soup)

Name: Caldo Verde (Portuguese Kale and Sausage Soup)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: potatoes, cubed 500 g; kale, shredded 200 g; chourico, sliced 150 g; onion, chopped 100 g; garlic cloves 8 g; olive oil 40 ml; water 800 ml; fine salt 6 g; black pepper 2 g

A light potato and kale soup finished with sliced chourico.

40 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

The northern version of caldo verde counts as a light meal rather than a main course, and it comes with chouriço cut into slices and laid on the surface so the fat melts into the hot broth. Portions are small and the bowls plain, because the point is the contrast of hot soup against cold weather. Bread is the only accompaniment that really matters.

Ingredients

potatoes, cubed500 g
kale, shredded200 g
chourico, sliced150 g
onion, chopped100 g
garlic cloves8 g
olive oil40 ml
water800 ml
fine salt6 g
black pepper2 g

Directions

1
Soften onion and garlic in oil 5 minutes.
2
Add potatoes and water; simmer 18 minutes until tender.
3
Blend soup smooth.
4
Return to pot; add kale; simmer 5 minutes.
5
Pan-sear sausage 3 minutes; float on soup.

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