North Croatian Beans Soup
photo by nitko
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
4 portions
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 250 g beans
- 100 g onions
- 1 garlic clove
- 20 g lard
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 70 g bacon (pancetta, dried, smoked)
- 1⁄2 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon paprika (red, dried, grounded)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon hot paprika (red, dried, grounded)
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 100 g sour cream
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves (minced)
- 3 cups water (you may not use all)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper (grounded)
directions
- After soaking beans overnight, cook beans until soft. Drain the beans and put aside two teaspoons of whole beans.
- Make puree out of all other beans using blender (or whatever you use). Finely mince onion, garlic and bacon.
- Melt lard in a cooking pot and sauté onion until translucent. Add garlic and bacon and sauté it not more than 2 minutes.
- Add flour and brown it but not too much. Add cold water and make creamy liquid.
- Add hot and sweet paprika and stir.
- Add beans puree and whole beans, stir. Add bay leaf and vinegar; season with salt and pepper. Add water and cook about 45 minutes.
- Before serving taste the soup, if it is not sour you may drop few drops of vinegar (if you do cook for more 5 minutes). Add sour cream and parsley leaves and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
nitko
Croatia