CREAM OF KALE SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth and water to a boil in a saucepan; cook potatoes in the boiling broth mixture until soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash or blend potatoes into the broth using a potato masher or fork.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, mushrooms, and broccoli stalk until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chorizo to onion mixture and cook over low heat until chorizo is heated through, about 5 minutes; stir in garlic.
• Stir onion-chorizo mixture into potato mixture; bring to a simmer. Add kale, about 1/4 cup at a time, to mixture, cooking until kale wilts before adding more. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Reduce heat to low and stir heavy whipping cream and light cream into soup; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the potato, cayenne, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring, until the potatoes are well coated, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in the broth and 1 cup of water and bring to a simmer.
• Add the broccoli and simmer until the potatoes and broccoli are tender, about 15 minutes, adjusting the heat as needed to maintain a simmer. Stir in the kale and continue to cook until the kale is tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, and let cool at least 5 minutes. Carefully puree until smooth with a handheld immersion blender or in 2 to 3 batches in a blender (do not fill blender more than halfway full).
• Reheat the soup if necessary. Off the heat, swirl in the butter until it is melted. Adjust the consistency with water and seasoning with salt and pepper as needed.
• Serve hot sprinkled with croutons and grated Pecorino.