Sopa De Entulho
Submitted by humminbrd30
Hearty Portuguese rubble soup (sopa de entulho) loaded with red kidney beans, pumpkin, turnips, carrots, potatoes, and hand-torn cabbage. A warming, rustic one-pot meal.
YIELD
6 servingsPREP
25 minCOOK
35 minREADY
60 minIn Portugal, “entulho” means rubble, and this soup lives up to its name. It’s a glorious pile-up of whatever sturdy vegetables the garden and pantry can offer.
Red kidney beans simmer until tender with clove-studded onions and olive oil. Then the vegetables go in stages: turnip first, then carrots and pumpkin cubes, then potatoes, and finally hand-torn turnip greens and shredded cabbage.
The layered cooking means every vegetable hits the bowl at its best texture rather than falling apart into mush.
The finishing touch is pure Portuguese tradition: a teaspoon of vinegar dropped into the bottom of each bowl before the hot soup goes in. That little hit of acidity wakes up every earthy, starchy flavor.
Kitchen Tips
- Soak the beans for several hours or overnight. Well-soaked beans cook evenly and have a creamier texture.
- Press the cloves into the onions so you can fish them out easily later. Biting into a whole clove is not a pleasant surprise.
- Tear the turnip greens and cabbage by hand rather than cutting with a knife. Hand-torn greens have rougher edges that catch more broth in each spoonful.
Ingredients
Directions
Soak beans for a few hours in water; fill a large pan with 4 pints water, press cloves into onions add to beans, add olive oil.
Turn on medium heat and cook until beans are tender.
Cut turnip into small pieces and add.
Cut carrots into thin slices and the pumpkin into large cubes.
Add them to pot. Discard the onion with the cloves still in it.
When carrots are almost cooked add the peeled potatoes cut into small cubes.
The washed leaves of the turnip are broken into medium size pieces by hand and the leaves of the cabbage hand- shredded into large pieces.
Continue cooking until leaves are soft.
Place a teaspoon of vinegar in bottom of each bowl and fill with hot soup.
You can add a dash of Tabasco for more spice.
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