Kale, Bean and Sausage Soup
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
2 h.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 1 cup dried White bean (soaked overnight)
- 1 cup dried black beans (soaked overnight)
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic cloves (chopped)
- 7 ozs carrots (chopped)
- 1 stalk Celery (chopped)
- 1 potato (peeled and diced)
- 9 ozs Kale (chopped)
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 11 ozs ripe Tomatoes (quartered)
- salt
- peppers
- 8 ozs Italian sausage
Preparation steps
1.
Rinse all the beans and put into a pan with fresh water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for about 45 minutes until tender.
2.
Drain, then mash 3/4 of the beans.
3.
Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan and gently cook the onion and garlic until translucent.
4.
Add the carrots, celery, potato and kale and cook for a few minutes.
5.
Pour in the stock and add the mashed beans. Simmer gently for 25 minutes.
6.
Add the tomatoes and remaining beans and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for a further 10-15 minutes.
7.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the sausage until crisp.
8.
Place a steamer insert into a pan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the kale and steam for 7-10 minutes until just tender.
9.
Pour the soup into warmed serving bowls and divide the sausage between the bowls.
10.
Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and garnish with curly kale.
