Spicy Portuguese Soup Recipe

This is the soup of my childhood. It has been passed from house to house, for as long as I have been alive. Just the smell is enough to send me back years. It's really a meal not a light starter, so get out the big bowls!

Spicy Portuguese Soup

1 bu Fresh kale, washed and cut into 1 inch peices
4 Idaho or Russet style potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks
6cl Fresh garlic, minced
2 yellow onions, medium diced
2 fresh carrots, peeled and chopped into small rounds
1# spicy pork chourico ( I like Gaspar's) cut up small or chopped
2Qts chicken stock or broth
4 fresh bay leaves
1T Fresh thyme
3T Pastene, crushed hot peppers
2C cooked pasta (spoon sized shape)
8oz peeled chopped tomatoes, or fresh if you have
salt and pepper to taste -at the very end

This isn't brain surgery, put it all, except the pasta, in a pot, bring it up to a boil once, and reduce to a simmer.

Let this simmer on low about 2 hours adding water if necessary to keep the volume of liquid the same.

Add in the pasta 15 minutes before eating or it will swell and absorb all your broth.

Enjoy!