Creamy Chickpea Rosemary Soup Food

CREAMY CHICKPEA & ROSEMARY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and add garlic, rosemary and red pepper flakes.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until the garlic starts to brown, about 1 minute.
• Add chickpeas and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes; let cool slightly.
• Transfer soup to a blender; cover loosely, and puree until just smooth.
• Return to the saucepan and stir in lemon juice and sea salt to taste.
• Serve, garnished with a fresh rosemary sprig, or an additional drizzling of olive oil.

CHICKPEA VEGETABLE SOUP WITH PARMESAN, ROSEMARY AND LEMON

Steps:

• Insert the clove into the onion. Put the onion in a large pot with the chickpeas, rosemary sprig, garlic, bay leaves, olive oil, salt and cheese rind. Add 5 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for about an hour, or until chickpeas are tender.
• Add the tomatoes, carrots and celery, cover loosely, and simmer until the vegetables are soft, about 25 minutes longer. While soup simmers, mix the chopped rosemary, grated Parmesan, lemon zest and pepper in a small bowl.
• Season the soup to taste and ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with the Parmesan mixture.

CREAMY CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat in large saucepan and garlic and cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. (Do not let the garlic brown.).
• Add chickpeas and their liquid and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Add lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
• Return puree to saucepan and add 1 cup or more water to thin to desired consistency.
• Ledle soup into bowls and stir a little chutney into each. I like it best if the chutney is not stirred in uniformly, but just swirled in, so different spoonfuls have a different taste.

CREAMY CHICKPEA PASTA WITH SPINACH AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high.
• In a wide, deep skillet, heat the oil over medium-high. Add the chickpeas, rosemary and Aleppo pepper, if using. Season generously with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas start to caramelize at their edges and pop, 5 to 7 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer about half the chickpeas to a bowl. Reserve for garnish.
• Reduce the heat to medium, add the shallots and garlic to the skillet, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until shallots are softened, about 3 minutes. Add the heavy cream and cook until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Turn off the heat, stir in the spinach and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and reduce the heat to medium. Cook the pasta until a couple minutes short of al dente according to package instructions, about 5 minutes. Do not drain the pasta, but using tongs, transfer the pasta directly from the pot to the spinach and cream sauce. Add 1 cup pasta cooking water and the Parmesan, and cook over medium-high, stirring vigorously with the tongs, until the sauce is thickened and the noodles are al dente, about 2 minutes. Add a splash of pasta water to loosen sauce, if needed.
• Transfer to bowls, and top with reserved chickpeas, rosemary and black pepper. Serve immediately, with lemon wedges for squeezing on top.

CREAMY CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the sesame seeds, coriander seeds and cumin seeds in a nonstick skillet and cook over low heat until fragrant; grind to a powder in a spice grinder and add a pinch of salt; set aside.
• If necessary, make the chickpea flour by grinding dried chickpeas in a blender; combine the flour with the broth and beat smooth with an electric mixer.
• Transfer the soup to a saucepan and add 1 T olive oil, salt, white pepper and black pepper; bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, 10 minutes; add water to thin as needed.
• Ladle the soup into shallow soup plates, drizzle with remaining 1 T olive oil and sprinkle with reserved spice mix, to taste.