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Quick n tasty Northern Bean Soup


2 ounces sliced pancetta or bacon, cut in small strips.  I used some smoked turkey, something I seldom buy due to nitrites/nitrates.  I used 4 oz  and sauteed it up with the onions.

1 cup diced onion

1 clove garlic, minced

2 cans (15 ounce size) cannellini or Great Northern beans, rinsed, drained (1 lb of dried beans, cooked to mushyness)

2 tsp dried sage

1 Tb chicken soup base (it’s more chickeny and less salty than bouillon)

pepper

Sautee the non beans in some EVOO until done to your liking of carmelization.  Mix with cooked beans.  You can puree them as well. I also snuck in the equivalent of a head of cauliflower that I had pureed and frozen in the freezer.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Pruett's Cruet, Soup

 

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Mash Mush (Mung Bean stew)


Note – This is very flexible because the dish will taste like the spices and onions. The rest is very irrelevant, LOL.
2 onions, or one big one. Mine are softball sized. I like red onions
1 potato or sweet potato or 1/2 a butternut squash cubed and cooked but not to mushyness….
3 ripe tomatoes… or tomatillos. Tomatillos would have to cook a bit to soften up. They are often cheaper than tomatoes here.
2 carrots, shredded
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4-1/2 tsp hot paprika or regular with a couple pinches cayenne pepper
garlic, to taste
bouillon equivalent to about 4 servings
3/4 c mung beans, boiled for about 30 mins to make ’em soft and they’ll plump UP!!!!
2 c cooked grain…. rice, (I used rice and left over kasha), barley etc.

Brown onions in EVOO…. Combine, then garnish with cilantro if desired·

Another version with lamb! http://annasrecipebox.com/2009/07/11/grandpas-mashkitchiri/about 2 weeks ago

 
 

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