Cannellini bean soup
Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 4
From Countryfile Summer Diaries
Method
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In a large casserole dish, heat the olive oil. Add the chopped onions and cook for a few minutes until softened.
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Add the peppers and sweet potatoes. Cook for about five minutes and then add the rest of the ingredients.
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Bring to the boil and then simmer for an hour.
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Serve with focaccia bread.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 red peppers, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 2 sweet potatoes, chopped
- 500g/1Ib 2oz cannellini beans, soaked overnight and then boiled and simmered for 1¼ hours
- 2 x 400g/14oz cans chopped tomatoes
- 1 x 200g/8oz carton passata
- 150g/5oz chorizo sausage, chopped
- 570ml/20fl oz/1 pint chicken stock (or 2 stock cubes and 570ml/20fl oz/1 pint boiling water)
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika (pimenton), optional
- foccaccia bread, to serve
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