Portuguese Caldo Verde Soup
⏳ Time
1 hour
🥕 Ingredients
10
🍽️ Servings
8
Description
Caldo verde is a hearty Portuguese soup made with cabbage and mashed potatoes. The key ingredient is spicy pork chorizo sausage. In terms of mood, caldo verde is reminiscent of our split pea soup: it has a fairly thick texture, and the chorizo adds a smoky flavor.
Ingredients
- Olive Oil - 1 fl oz
- Onion - 17.6 oz
- Carrot - 1 piece
- Potato - 17.6 oz
- Chorizo - 6 oz
- Kale - 21.2 oz
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Red Wine Vinegar - to taste
- Salt - to taste
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
Step 10
Add the kale, sliced into thin strips, and simmer over low heat until the kale is tender — about 5 minutes.
Step 11
At the end, adjust the soup's flavor with vinegar and salt, and season with pepper.
Step 12
Serve the soup in a deep bowl with pieces of chorizo.
Step 2
Chop the onion coarsely and mince the garlic finely.
Step 3
Chop the potatoes and carrots into random pieces.
Step 4
Heat olive oil in a pot.
Step 5
Sauté the chopped onion and garlic clove until soft.
Step 6
Add the chopped potatoes and carrots.
Step 7
Add half of the chopped chorizo.
Step 8
Pour in two liters of water, bring to a boil, and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20–30 minutes.
Step 9
Blend the soup with an immersion blender, then season with salt and pepper.
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