Nº 89 · Budget Favourites · serves 4

Dutch Brown Bean Soup with Bacon

Name: Dutch Brown Bean Soup with Bacon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 360 min
Total time: 375 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 150 g bacon lardons; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tsp mild curry powder; 1 leek, sliced into rings; 2 carrots, diced; 2 celery sticks; 1 potato, diced; 2 jars brown beans (400 g each), with their liquid; 1 l beef stock; 1 bay leaf; salt and pepper; wholemeal bread with cheese

Proper Dutch brown bean soup, thick and hearty with bacon and vegetables. Spanish judías pintas from a jar make perfect brown beans.

€5–7approx. €1.25–1.75 ppMild15 min prepLOW 6–7 hrs · HIGH 3–4 hrsFreezes well

Method

1
Fry the lardons for 5 minutes until the fat runs and soften the onion with them for 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato purée and curry powder and fry for a minute.
2
Put this in the slow cooker with the leek, carrot, celery, potato, bay leaf and stock. Add the beans with their liquid.
3
Cook for 6–7 hours on LOW or 3–4 hours on HIGH.
4
Fish out the bay leaf. Blend half the soup with a stick blender so it thickens but still has some texture.
5
Taste and season with salt and pepper. Lovely with a slice of wholemeal bread and cheese.

Flavourful Cooking · slowcookerspain.com/en/recipes/dutch-brown-bean-soup-with-bacon/

Dutch Brown Bean Soup with Bacon

Ingredients serves 4

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