Greens: Winter Greens Soup
Source of Recipe
Karen Solomon
List of Ingredients
3-5 cloves of garlic
1 chopped onion
1 peeled and chopped carrot
1 cleaned and chopped celery rib
2-3 pototoes
1 cup or so of dry white wine (or not)
a couple of quarts of chicken broth, vegetable broth, or water
10 cups or more of whatever winter green you like. a combination is good. choose from beet greens, chard, kale, spinach, arugula, collard, etc.
2 bay leaves, oregano, thyme, rosemary, or any combintion of herbs you like
salt & pepper
(optional) cream to taste and old parmassan cheese rinds Recipe
1. In a large soup pot, carefully saute the garlic and onion in a little olive oil over medium heat (don't burn it!) until the onion is tender and mellow.
2. Add the carrot, celery, and potato, and saute again for about 7 minutes.
3. Add your wine and enough of whatever liquid you're using to cover all the vegetabales, put the lid on, and let this boil merrily for about 10 minutes, until all veggies are soft.
4. While they cook, wash and trim all of your greens thoroughly.
5. Once your veggies are soft, add as many of the greens and the liquid that can fit in the pot, give it a stir, and cover until all of the greens wilt. When there's more room in the pot, add all of the greens (you can make more room in the pot by giving it another stir). Add more liquid as necessary.
6. At this point, also add all of your herbs and an old parmassan cheese rind if you have one. Cover and let simmer, making sure all greens are submerged in the liquid, around 20 minutes.
7. Remove the bay leaf and cheese rind and reserve.
8. Using a hand blender, puree the soup in the pot. You can also transfer the soup to a blender to puree, but this is much more work.
9. Put your pureed soup back in the pot, and add salt and pepper, cream if you're using it, and the reserved bay leaf and cheese rind, and let it all simmer for another 5 minutes or so.
Original Poster's Comments:Note that you can skip the puree'ing process, but the soup can be kinda slimy in texture if you do so. However, if you're not too picky, feel free to skip it.
|
|
member logon
