Chickpea Soup a La Provencale

Name: Chickpea Soup a La Provencale
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 473.18 ml dried garbanzo beans; 118.29 ml olive oil; 4 leeks, white part only, thinly sliced; 2365.9 ml water; 118.29 ml spinach; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 59.16 ml herbs (thyme, rosemary, oregano, marjoram, bay leaf); salt and pepper; 4.92 ml butter or 4.92 ml margarine; 78.78 ml crouton

Submitted by eillena

"This is from the cookbook "Twelve Months of Monastery Soups""

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 6

ingredients

473.18 ml dried garbanzo beans
118.29 ml olive oil
4 leeks, white part only, thinly sliced
2365.9 ml water
118.29 ml spinach
4 garlic cloves, minced
59.16 ml herbs (thyme, rosemary, oregano, marjoram, bay leaf)
salt and pepper
4.92 ml butter or 4.92 ml margarine
78.78 ml crouton

directions

Soak the chickpeas overnight. Rinse them in cold water.
Chop the spinach. Pour the oil into a soup pot, add the leeks, and saute over medium heat for a few minutes.
Add the water, chickpeas, spinach, garlic, herbs and salt and pepper.
Bring soup to a boil and reduce to low-heat. Cover pot and cook for 50-60 minutes until chickpeas are tender. Simmer for 15 more minutes.
Blend soup and pour back into pot to reheat. Add butter and croutons to each serving.

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Excellent soup! I absolutely loved it. The leek added a sweetness to the soup and the spinach made it both healthy and colourful! I left out the crouton and added oregano and a bay leaf. Its a keeper! Made it for PAC Spring 2008. Thanks for posting!

katia

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