Majorcan Soup
 
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Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients
  • 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
  • 2 Garlic cloves, peeled and thinly chopped
  • 1 Onion, peeled and thinly chopped
  • 3 Medium fresh tomatoes, finely chopped
  • 1 Teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika sweet
  • 15g (a very small bunch) of fresh parsley leaves, thinly chopped
  • 1 Small savoy cabbage head, thinly sliced
  • ½ Cauliflower head cut in very small pieces (or 1 head if small)
  • 115g (1/2 cup) Fresh spinach (or chard), finely chopped (thick stems removed)
  • 1 Tablespoon sea salt
  • A pinch of freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 ½ l (6 cups) Water
  • ¼ Wholemeal country bread, very thinly sliced
Instructions
  1. Have all the vegetables well washed and prepared as indicated in the ingredients description.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons EVOO in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for around 1 minute until golden. Add then the onion and a pinch of salt and cook for a couple of minutes until soft but not brown. Add the finely chopped tomatoes, the thinly chopped parsley and the smoked paprika on top and sauté for 2 minutes stirring constantly.
  3. Add the water and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to medium, add the thinly sliced cabbage, the cauliflower and the spinach and cook all together for about 5 minutes. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
  4. Add 3-4 slices of the thinly sliced wholemeal bread into each plate, pour the vegetable soup over them and serve hot with a drizzle of EVOO.
Recipe by Tasty Mediterraneo at https://www.tastymediterraneo.com/majorcan-soup/