Spanish Bean Soup Food

COLUMBIA RESTAURANT SPANISH BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash garbanzo beans. Soak overnight with 1 tablespoon salt in enough water to cover beans. Drain the salted water from the beans.
• Place beans in 4-quart soup kettle; add 2 quarts of water and ham and beef bones. Cook for 45 minutes over low heat, skimming foam from the top.
• Fry salt pork slowly in a skillet.
• Add chopped onion and sauté lightly. Add to beans along with potatoes, paprika, and saffron. Add salt to taste.
• When potatoes are tender, remove from heat and add chorizo. Serve hot in deep soup bowls. Serves 4.

SPANISH BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• If the sausage has casings, remove them before cutting the sausage in pieces.
• Sauté sausage in a soup pot over medium heat until fat is rendered.
• Add onions and sauté until onions are translucent. Add garlic and sauté 2 more minutes.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium low.
• Boil gently for about 25 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf before serving.

TOMATO AND CANNELLINI BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Beans Combine beans, onion, garlic, and bay leaves in a large pot and add cold water to cover by 2". Bring to a simmer over medium heat, add several pinches of salt, and reduce heat to low. Continue to cook at a bare simmer until beans are creamy but still hold their shape, 35-45 minutes. Let beans cool in cooking liquid; discard bay leaves.
• Do ahead
• Beans can be cooked 3 days ahead. Cover and chill.
• Soup:
• Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high. Add tomatoes, 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes, and a pinch of salt and cook tomatoes, undisturbed, until caramelized and borderline blackened on one side, about 5 minutes. Break up tomatoes, scraping bottom of pot, and continue to cook, scraping and stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are caramelized all over, about 5 minutes more. Transfer tomatoes to a plate.
• Heat another 2 Tbsp. oil in same pot over medium. Add onion, fennel, garlic, and a pinch or so of red pepper flakes, if desired; cook, stirring often, until vegetables are soft and starting to brown around edges, 8-10 minutes. Stir in vinegar and tomatoes, scraping up browned bits. Drain beans and add to pot along with broth (for a thicker soup, use half of the broth plus 2 cups bean-cooking liquid). Bring to a simmer; season with salt. Cook until flavors meld, 30-45 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir in chard and cook until wilted. Ladle soup into bowls, top with almonds, and drizzle with oil.
• Do ahead
• Soup (without chard) can be made 4 days ahead. Let cool; cover and chill.

SPANISH BEAN SOUP RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• In a large pot add enough olive oil to easily sauté the onions and potatoes. Add the sliced sausage (or ham) and mix it in with the simmering ingredients. While they sauté open your cans of garbanzo beans and empty them in the pot along with all of their juices. Take each empty can and fill it to the top with water. Ex: if you used 4 cans of garbanzo empty 4 cans of water into the pot. This soup can be made with more or less water, I like it a little more watery but have seen it served very thick. Secret Ingredient! Add the two packets of seasoning. Your soup color will immediately turn golden yellow. Put your top on the pot and let the soup boil for at least 2 minutes. Reduce heat and let it simmer for at least 30 minutes. Keep checking it and stirring it periodically. Once the potatoes have cooked, your soup is done.

SPANISH BEAN SOUP - FIERY!

Steps:

• In a medium stock pot, heat bacon grease over medium heat.
• Cook onion and garlic until soft, being careful not to brown.
• Crumble chorizo and heat until well cooked.
• Drain grease and return pan to heat.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

SPANISH BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large sauce pan over high heat about 2 minutes.
• Add onion, stir fry mix, ham, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, and coriander.
• Stir well to coat, reduce heat to medium, cover and allow tastes to mingle for about 10 minutes Add beans and liquid, broth, and sherry; adjust heat so soup bubbles slightly, cover and simmer about 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf and season to taste with salt and pepper To serve, mound 1/2 cup rice in each of heated large soup plates.
• Ladle in soup, then top with scattering of hard-cooked egg and parsley.

SPANISH CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the chickpeas on a bowl of water overnight, rinse and drain. You can used tinned chickpeas to skip this step, in which case just drain and rinse.
• Heat the oil in a soup pan, fry the chunks of Chorizo until beginning to crisp before adding the chickpeas and cooking for a further 3-4 minutes, stirring.
• Stud the onion with the whole cloves and add to the mixture in the pan along with the garlic and coriander.
• Pour enough water over to cover ingredients with about ¼ inch to spare, cover with pan lid and simmer for 2 hours, checking every now and then to make sure water doesn't evaporate and adding more if needed.
• Remove the clove studded onion and season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
• Blend half the soup mixture until smooth, adding more water if necessary, then return to the pot, give a good mix and reheat.
• Whilst reheating, toast some almond flakes until lightly brown under the grill.
• Serve with a swirl of cream on the top and a sprinkling of the toasted, flaked almonds.