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Biodiversity in the kitchen - the Ajiaco, or soup with Colombian galinsoga

It 's been a year since I spoke of galinsoga , this very common weed in the gardens of mezz'Italia. And a year later, our friend Manu posted among the comments of the blog the recipe of ' Ajiaco , culinary preparation typical Colombian which sees the use precisely the galinsoga ( guascas in local language). Propose again the post as well as you wrote it, because it represents a good cross-section of a culture (cuisine) which allows to use different ones for us are weeds, thus confirming the fact that we grow in our gardens usually only a small part of the many edible species that we have available. A thank you so much then to Manu, and bon appetit!

• INGREDIENTS 1 chicken breast
• garlic and onion
• rice 1 cup chicken broth
• 6 small yellow potatoes cut in half
• an ear of corn cut in half
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into slices 5mm
• 1 / 2 bunch of scallions
• 1 / 2 punch coriander (if desired)
• guascas 4 tablespoons (or galinsoga)
• 1 / 2 cup cream
• 1 tablespoon drained capers
• 1 ripe avocado
• salt

PREPARATION

First prepare a white rice by a sauté of garlic and onion, by pouring a cup of rice, making it brown (high heat), add two cups of water, adding salt, cover the pot, reduce heat to low and point 20 minutes exactly.

The night before marinate the chicken breasts with garlic, onion and salt. In a saucepan place the chicken breasts, add water and cook until it is tender. Transfer the chicken to a plate. Cut the chicken into strips (useful tool hand). Cook the potatoes in saucepan with chicken broth until it begins to disintegrate. Add more broth as desired. At this point the soup should be thick and soft. Add the scallions, cilantro, the sliced \u200b\u200bpotatoes, the galinsoga e il mais. Quando è tutto cotto rimuovere galinsoga e scalogno. Servire il pollo in scodelle per zuppa e versarci la zuppa sopra. Versare 3 cucchiai di panna e 1 cucchiaino di capperi tritati in ciascuna ciotola,qualche cucchiaiata di riso... e a chi piace, l'avocado tagliato a cubotti!
buen provecho!!