Kale Soup - Caldo Verde

Kale Soup

Ingredients (4-6 people):

1 onion

1 large clove of garlic

olive oil

500g kale, finely shredded

500g potato, preferably floury, chopped

2.5 litres water

1 chouriço, thickly sliced

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and finely chop the onions and the garlic. Boil them in a large pan with 1.5 l of water seasoned with salt and half the amount of the olive oil. In the meantime, arrange the kale leaves, washing and cutting them till they are finely shredded. When the potatoes are cooked, pulverize them in the broth with a masher or a handheld blender.

Add the remaining water and the kale and bring it back to boil, until everything is cooked. Rectify the salt and add some more olive oil. In the last few minutes of cooking, add the chouriço slices. Besides the chouriço, some people serve this soup with corn or rye bread, especially in the North of Portugal.

This was one the soups we ate at St. Martin’s celebrations at school. Everyone loved it! I hope you’ll enjoy it too!

(Ana Rita Neto, Development Group)