Portuguese Green Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb fresh kale
• 4 medium potatoes, pared
• 8 cups water
• 1/4 cup olive oil or 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 lb smoked garlic sausage, cooked and sliced into 1/4 inch rounds

Recipe

• 1 wash the kale and cut off any stems.
• 2 slice into thin shreds.
• 3 put the potatoes, water, oil, salt and pepper in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 4 lower the heat and cook slowly, covered, for about 25 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
• 5 remove from the stove, and put the mixture through a sieve or puree it.
• 6 return to the saucepan; add the strips of kale.
• 7 continue to cook about 12 minutes longer, or until the kale is tender.
• 8 add the sausage rounds, and leave on the stove long enough to heat through.
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