Green Cabbage Caldo Verde Recipe
This is the famous soup of Portugal. It is favorite among the residents for its simple yet strong flavors. It is easy to cook and delicious to taste. Caldo Verde means green soup. Here you will get the simple recipe of this awesome soup. This hot Green Cabbage Caldo Verde is just perfect for a freezing winter dinner.
Ingredients of Green Cabbage Caldo Verde
Olive oil – 3 tablespoons
1 finely chopped onion,
3 cloves crushed garlic
6 peeled and thinly sliced potatoes
1 pound thinly sliced cabbage
Water – 2 quarts
8 ounces of Portuguese chourico sausage – sliced in 1/4-inch thick after removing the casing
Smoked paprika – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 2 teaspoons
Pepper to taste
Olive oil
Directions
On medium flame, heat three tablespoons of olive oil in a Dutch oven. Stir-fry some garlic and onion in that olive oil; cook the vegetables for about 3 minutes until the onion becomes tender and translucent. Add half of the cabbage, sliced potatoes in that, and cook it for 3 minutes the vegetables until the cabbage wilts.
Over high flame pour in water and then boil the ingredients. Reduce the flame to medium, cover it with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes to make the potatoes softened.
Make puree of the soup in separate batches until it becomes smooth, put the puree on medium heat. Add the rest of the cabbage and sausage; season it with paprika, pepper and salt. Put it on simmer, put the cover on, and cook it for 5 minutes until the cabbage becomes soft.
Serve the hot soup on soup plate and put generous amount of olive oil.
You can use linguica instead of chourico in case you find difficult to get them.
