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Soup, Greens

Source of Recipe

Linda K. Leone.-8/5/2009


Recipe Introduction

You can use a variety of greens, dandelion, Dock, plantain, a little sheep sorrel or oxalis.

List of Ingredients

12 C water or broth
2 ham hocks
2 large russets
1 red onion
4 small red potatoes
1 large clove garlic
1 1/2 tsp salt
pepper
4-6 C finely sliced kale or chard


Recipe

Cook the hocks in the water until meat falls from bone. Reduce the water to 1/3. and cook the russets until they disappear. Then add the onion, chopped and 4 small red potatoes cut in 1/8s, garlic, salt and pepper. Add greens and cook 20 minutes or so with the meat from the chopped up ham hocks. Add juice of 1 lime and remove from heat.