Caldo Verde

"Caldo verde means "green soup" and is considered Portugal's national dish. What better way to start off fall than with a simple, flavorful, and nourishing soup. From Cuisine Magazine"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
8 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Peel potatoes and slice thinly, about 1/8" thick.
  • Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat.
  • Then, add potatoes and brown.
  • This will give the soup a deep color and rich potato taste.
  • Add onions and red pepper flakes, and cook until onions turn soft.
  • Stir in garlic, then add broth and bring to boil.
  • Reduce heat and simmer 10–15 minutes until potatoes are done.
  • Meanwhile, peel casing from pepperoni.
  • Slice pepperoni into 1/4"-thick pieces.
  • Heat skillet over medium heat and add slices.
  • Render and lightly brown on both sides.
  • Drain on paper towels.
  • When potatoes are cooked, use a potato masher to mash the slices—but don’t cream them!
  • Try to simply chunk them enough so the broth thickens.
  • Now add the drained pepperoni.
  • In batches, stack stemmed kale and slice into shreds.
  • Add and cook 2–3 minutes.
  • Season with salt.
  • Just before serving, stir in lemon juice.
  • Acid turns the kale army-green if added too early.

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Reviews

  1. For those who are looking for the traditional version, this is not it. Caldo Verde is a simple potato based broth with fine slivers of kale (collard greens as substitute)- a small amount of rich Portuguese olive oil or substitute extra virgin olive oil and a simple garnish of sauteed slice of PORTUGUESE linguica sausage. Look at Portuguese Homestyle Cooking for traditional recipes.
     
  2. Bev this soup is wonderful! I used dried smoked sausage in place of pepperoni, and added in fresh garlic with the onions, my DH loved this soup, thanks Bev!...Kitten:)
     
  3. I'm Portuguese and I make this recipe with collard greens and I don't use pepperoni I use portuguese sasauge, I also add celery chopped and I never tried browning my potatoes I always boil them, but I'll try browning them next time. I never use lemon in Caldo Verde I use it in my chicken and rice soup,and I never use red pepper flakes, your way of making this well known portuguese soup is very different!
     
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  1. Bev this soup is wonderful! I used dried smoked sausage in place of pepperoni, and added in fresh garlic with the onions, my DH loved this soup, thanks Bev!...Kitten:)
     

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