Caldo Verde With Sausage

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 6 potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 quarts cold water
• 1/2 lb chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 lb kale, rinsed and thin cut or julienne

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and garlic in 3 tablespoons olive oil for 3 or 4 minutes.
• 2 stir in potatoes and cook, stirring constantly, 3 or 4 minutes more.
• 3 pour in water, bring to a boil, and let boil gently for 20 minutes, until potatoes are real mushy.
• 4 meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-low heat, cook sausage until it has release most of its fat, 10 minutes.
• 5 drain.
• 6 mash potatoes or puree.
• 7 add the sausage, salt and pepper into the soup and return to medium heat.
• 8 cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• 9 just before serving, stir kale into soup and simmer, until kale is tender and jade green.
• 10 stir in the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and serve at once.