Bacon in Chickpea Soup Recipes

Ingredients (serves six)

  • 100 grams butter

  • 150 grams bacon (coarsely chopped)

  • 2 onions (finely chopped)

  • 1 carrot (chopped)

  • 1 celery stalk (chopped)

  • 15 ml fresh rosemary (chopped)

  • 2 fresh bay leaves

  • 2 cloves of garlic

  • 400 grams (soaked over night in cold water)

  • 2.5 ml sweet paprika

  • 1.5ml ground cumin

  • salt and pepper to taste

Method

  • Boil the well-soaked chickpeas for 20 minutes, drain and set aside.

  • Heat butter in a pot then fry bacon until golden brown. Add in the chopped vegetables and fry until all ingredients turn soft.

  • Add 1 liter of water in and bring to a boil, stir in the chickpeas, rosemary, bay leaves and garlic and continue to simmer with low heat for another 1 hour.

  • Leave it to cool and process soup until smooth with a blender then reheat the soup again. Add salt and pepper to taste. serve warm.

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