Cabbage and Potato Soup (Caldo Verde)

Derf's Note:

Traditional Portuguese soup, very good!! (The wine and food of Europe - Marc & Kim Millon)

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 5 medium potatoes
• 6 1/4 cups water
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 lb cabbage or 1/4 lb kale, kale is traditional,finely shredded
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Peel and cut up potatoes, and boil in salted water, with garlic.
2. When soft, mash and add olive oil and cabbage or kale.
3. Boil uncovered for about 3 minutes.
4. Season to taste.
5. Serve in bowls with a drop of olive oil in the bottom of each.

Reviews

[Graybert]

I am Portuguese and this is truly delicious. Very "light" and tremendously good for you! I use the Kale when I make Caldo Verde! Thanks for posting this!

[Anu]

Very, very interesting, and pretty darn good! I wondered if the oil was necessary, but I added it anyway for it to be as authentic as possible... well I DID have to use cabbage, because no wayyy I'd find kale in markets here! :-) I peppered this nicely and had a lovely, light, winter dinner with toasted bread and fruit. Thanks Dorothy!

[Criseyde'sMom]

This was a delicious soup. I loved the way the garlic flavoured the potatoes. I had red cabbage to use up and am glad I came upon this recipe. We ended up adding salt to each bowl, I would probably add 1 or 2 tsp of salt to it next time. Thanks for the simple but yummy recipe!