Kale And New Potato Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• new potato
• kale
• butter
• chicken stock
• half-and-half
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 boil unskinned potatoes in good chicken broth (or vegetable broth). use enough stock to well-cover the potatoes.
• 2 meanwhile, chop some kale and stir fry it in the butter. again, use the level of the broth covering your potatoes, plus a little extra, to guess how much soup you'll have in the end. chop as much kale as you think you'd like for that much soup, and saute the kale on fairly high heat until it's browned in a few places.
• 3 remove your potatoes from the stock, mash them, then return them to the pot. stir in the kale, a good shot of half and half, and salt and pepper to taste. i'm generous with the pepper; it's what really gives this soup a kick.
• 4 shredded cheese is a nice garnish with this, too.