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Caldo verde (Portuguese green soup)
Makes 1 large pot!
Preparation time
less than 30 mins
Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour
Ingredients
2 nice fat onions, finely chopped4 cloves garlic, crushed60ml/2¼fl oz olive oil1 chorizo sausage6 large potatoes1.5 litres/2 pints 13fl oz good vegetable or chicken stocksalt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste2 bay leaveslarge bunch of greens or cabbagesmoked paprika and olive oil, for dressing
Method
1. First, drink some port - it helps you get in the mood!2. Sweat the onions and garlic in the olive oil until translucent.3. Chop the sausage into small chunks and add to the onion.4. Sweat the onions and sausage for a few more minutes and then add the diced potatoes. They will absorb all the flavour from the sausage.5. Transfer the mixture to a large pan, add the stock, seasoning and bay leaves, and cook until the potatoes are soft.6. Meanwhile, very finely chop the cabbage (alternatively, buy a cabbage-shredding machine from the market as we did).7. When the potatoes are ready, mash them into the broth to make a thick base. Blanch the greens in boiling water for one minute to take off any bitterness, drain, then add to the simmering broth.8. Add as much cabbage as the broth will support - if you want heavy soup add loads of greens, if lighter, add less.9. Simmer for a few minutes. The soup will go the colour of jade.10. Mix the smoked paprika with some olive oil to make a dressing, and swirl this red magic into the vibrant green soup.11. Serve with some heavy country bread, and wallow in praise!
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