Caldo Gallego

Name: Caldo Gallego
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 300g turnip greens (grelos), or kale or collard greens; 200g white beans, soaked overnight; 4 potatoes, in chunks; Salted pork, ham bone or pork ribs; 1 chorizo; A piece of unto (pork fat) or bacon

Caldo galego/KAHL-doh gah-YEH-goh/

Also known as: Galician Broth, Galician Soup, Caldo Galego

About this dish

A hearty Galician broth of turnip greens, white beans and potatoes, flavoured with pork and chorizo.

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Ingredients

🥬300g turnip greens (grelos), or kale or collard greens

🫘200g white beans, soaked overnight

🥔4 potatoes, in chunks

🐖Salted pork, ham bone or pork ribs

🌭1 chorizo

🥓A piece of unto (pork fat) or bacon

Method

Serves 4

Simmer the beans with the pork, ham bone and fat in 3 litres of water for 1.5 hours.

Add the chorizo and potatoes and cook for 20 minutes.

Add the chopped greens and cook for 15 minutes more.

Remove the meat, slice it and return it to the pot.

Season and serve hot; it's even better the next day.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Caldo gallego is Galicia's everyday winter soup; the key ingredient is grelos, the leafy tops of turnips.

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