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French Bean Soup Recipe
Many French Beans loose their texture when frozen. So, what do you do with that
glut of them in August and September? Our French Bean Soup is the perfect answer.
Tasty and nutritious, it freezes perfectly.
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INGREDIENTS
Metric/ Imperial
US
French (filet) beans
250 g
9 oz
Broad beans or peas
100 g
3� oz
Vegetable stock
1� litres / 2� pints
6� cups
Tomato puree / paste
2 tablespoons /60 g
2 tablespoons
Potato
1 medium
Onion
1 medium
Ripe tomatoes
4 medium
Garlic
3 cloves
Chopped parsley
2 tablespoons fresh, 2
teaspoons dried
White wine
5 tablespoons
Olive oil
2 tablespoons / 60 ml
Salt and pepper
To taste
Add the olive oil to a pan on a medium heat. Add the onions and fry them for
12 minutes, turning every couple of minutes. The idea is to soften the onions
rather than turn them brown.
Liquidise
the soup in a food processor; you may need to do this in two batches. Re-heat the
liquidised soup and taste for seasoning (salt and pepper). Serve into warm bowls
with some some bread.
Very easy, no special experience required.
Preparation and cooking time is about an hour.
Freezes extremely well, the taste improves.
This recipe makes six soup servings.
A large pan. This soup tastes best when liquidised with a food
processor.
Top and tail and peel the onion then roughly chop it.
Prepare the ingredients on the left while the onions are frying as follows:
Roughly chop the French Beans, tomatoes, potatoes and garlic as shown in the
picture on the right.
Add all the ingredients (including the fried onions) to a large pan and bring to
the boil. Reduce the heat and leave the soup to simmer for 50 minutes.