Portugal

William insisted on doing the Portugal page all on his own!

Caldo Verde (Portuguese Green Soup)

The kids liked it better blended but Carl and I enjoyed it as is.

14 ounces linguica sausage, cubed

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 red onion, minced

1 clove garlic, minced

5 medium-large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced

2 quarts chicken broth

1 large bunch kale, rinsed, stemmed and julienned

salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

 Brown linguica in a large, heavy bottom stock pot until just browned on the edges (5-7 minutes). Remove linguica from the pot and keep warm.

Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, onions and garlic and cook for 5-7 minutes until onions are translucent. Add potatoes and cook for 3-5 minutes more.

Add broth and bring to a rolling boil. Cook until potatoes are soft. Use an immersion blender to mash up most of the potatoes in to the broth, leaving some chunks. 

Add kale and linguica and cook until the kale is soft and bring green.

Serve with Broa (Portuguese cornbread). Recipe here.

Our Broa was very flat but still good. I am not sure what we did wrong. It doubled nicely but then the second rise it spread out vs. up.

Coming up next.... ICELAND!