Brave Broth
A warming broth for 2-4 people, made with tomato, potato, garlic, onion, bay leaves, and sweet smoked paprika. Dried chili adds heat, cumin is optional, and the blended vegetables give the broth more body.
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Ingredients
- 1ripe tomato
- 1small potato
- 1large dried chili (or twice as many small ones)
- 2unpeeled garlic cloves
- ½onion
- 2bay leaves
- 1 tbspsweet smoked paprika
- 1 tspcuminoptional
- 50 mlolive oil
- 1 ¼ lwater
- 1 pinchsalt, to taste
Steps
Cut the half onion into two pieces and quarter the tomato. Peel the potato and cut it into slices.
Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium heat.
Add the unpeeled garlic cloves, onion, bay leaves, tomato, and cumin if using. Sauté for a couple of minutes.
Add the potato and sauté for another 3-4 minutes.
Lower the heat and add the paprika. Stir for 1 minute so it does not burn.
Pour in the water and add the dried chili, cut into two pieces if it is large. Season with salt to taste and raise the heat.
Once it boils, cover and simmer over low heat for about 45 minutes.
Remove and discard the tomato skins, garlic skins, and bay leaves. Lift the cooked vegetables out of the broth, blend them, then stir them back into the broth to give it more body.