Bread soup with potatoes and turnip greens the simple and delicious recipe. What I want to share with you today is the recipe of a typical dish from my land, a recipe from the poor farming tradition. A dish that, despite its simplicity, is truly delicious and will win over even those not accustomed to this type of recipe. I must confess that even for me, Bread Soup, despite being a recipe that was often prepared in my home, I always refused to taste it until adulthood. Then, for the first time at a farmhouse, I tasted it and it was love at first sight, and now it is never missing in the recipes I prepare for my small family, and my son loves it; by changing the vegetables and adding some other ingredient, you can have a different and always delicious preparation. As for the bread, I always recommend homemade loaf bread; if it’s a day old, even better. Don’t miss the recipe for the Golden Bread and the recipe for Rice on the Phone. Let’s hurriedly get into the kitchen and prepare a delicious Bread Soup with potatoes and turnip greens
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter
- Energy 383.23 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 66.10 (g) of which sugars 3.82 (g)
- Proteins 11.02 (g)
- Fat 8.26 (g) of which saturated 0.69 (g)of which unsaturated 2.25 (g)
- Fibers 6.13 (g)
- Sodium 660.57 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 250 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Bread Soup
- 1.1 lbs homemade bread
- 1.1 lbs potatoes
- 1.54 lbs turnip greens
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 leaves bay leaves
- 3 hot peppers
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt
How to prepare Bread Soup with potatoes and turnip greens
Clean the turnip greens. Remove the larger, damaged leaves and the base of the stems. Cut them into pieces. Wash them thoroughly under running water and let them drain. Peel the potatoes, wash them, and cut them into not too small cubes. Fill a large pot, preferably earthenware, 1/3 full with lightly salted water and bring it to a boil.
Add the potatoes, garlic cloves, and bay leaves. Let them cook for about 15 minutes. Add the turnip greens and chopped hot peppers to the pot and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
Cut the bread into thick slices and divide each slice into 2-3 parts. Add the bread to the pot as well. Let it cook for another 2 minutes and turn off the heat. Cover the pot and let the Bread Soup rest and soak for 5 minutes. In this way, the flavors come together, and the ingredients blend, creating a delicious dish. Serve the Bread Soup with plenty of extra virgin olive oil.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, a hug, Loredana
For an even tastier dish, make a sauté with oil, garlic, and chili pepper and season the Bread Soup with it. For perfect cooking, all the water must be absorbed; for this reason, I recommend, the first time you prepare it, not to add too much water; you can always add a little more if it dries out too much. As for the vegetables to add to the Bread Soup, you can also replace the turnip greens with arugula, chicory, or field herbs; it will be equally delicious.
Loredana’s Tips
Sometimes I like to add together with the turnip greens some halved cherry tomatoes
Don’t miss the recipe for Pasta with cream of turnip greens
