Spanish Chorizo and Pepper Stew

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Spanish Chorizo and Pepper Stew
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Difficulty:
easy
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Preparation:
30 min.
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ready in 10 h. 40 min.
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Ingredients

for
8
Ingredients
2 ½ cups dried chickpeas
2 medium Tomatoes
1 Tbsp black peppercorns
1 Tbsp Cumin
2 Tbsps olive oil
3 Tbsps unsalted butter
5 cloves garlic cloves (peeled and minced)
3 ribs Celery (rinsed; trimmed and diced)
1 yellow Bell pepper (rinsed; trimmed and cut into strips)
1 fresh poblano chili (ribs and seeds discarded and cut into 1/4-inch dice)
1 medium onion (peeled and diced)
1 small Fennel bulb (stalks discarded and bulb diced)
2 bay leaves
½ cup sweet sherry
7 cups low-sodium Chicken broth
3 cups water
2 ½ cups fresh Chorizo (sausage)
salt (to taste)
freshly ground Black pepper (to taste)
How healthy are the main ingredients?
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Preparation steps

1.
Rinse and chickpeas and pick over. Cover chickpeas with water and soak overnight or for at least 8 hours. Drain well.
2.
Cut an "X" in the bottom of each tomato. Blanch tomatoes in a saucepan of boiling water for about 20 seconds. Plunge tomatoes into a bowl of ice water. Peel, seed, and dice tomatoes.
3.
In a small heavy skillet, dry roast peppercorns and cumin seeds over medium heat, stirring, until fragrant and cumin seeds start to pop. Cool completely, then finely grind in a spice or coffee grinder.
4.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and butter in a wide large heavy pot over medium heat until hot. Stir in garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant.
5.
Increase heat to medium-high and stir in celery, bell pepper, poblano, onion, and fennel; cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until vegetables are browned, about 20 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, bay leaves, and ground spices and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add sherry and deglaze the pan, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot, until most of liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes.
6.
Add chickpeas, broth and water; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas are tender and liquid is thick, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
7.
Brown the chorizo on both sides in the remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil in an heavy skillet over medium heat, turning several times, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and chill, uncovered, until cold and firm.
8.
When stew has thickened, stir in chorizo and simmer until sausage is cooked and heated through, about 5 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Divide stew among serving bowls. Serve with rice on the side if desired. and top each serving with 2 or 3 thin wedges of cheese.

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