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A green bowl of fasolada, white bean and tomato soup

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Fasolada

Name: Fasolada
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 10 h 30 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 500 g dried white beans; 2 onions, chopped; 2 carrots, sliced into rounds; 2 celery, sticks, sliced; 35 g tomato paste; 250 ml olive oil; 2 bay leaves; water; salt; 1 lemon, juice, to serve

Nikos’s recipe

Prep about 15 min
Cook about 2 h 15
Rest about 8 h
Serves about 6
Level about Easy

Thick white bean soup with carrots, celery and plenty of olive oil, the Lenten staple.

Soups & stews
Greek
Lent
Vegan
Nistisimo (Lenten)
Nut-free
Gluten-free
Dairy-free
Stewed
Beans

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500 g dried white beans card: 500 g dried white beans
2 onions, chopped card: 2 onions
2 carrots, sliced into rounds card: 2 carrots
2 celery, sticks, sliced card: 2 sticks celery
35 g tomato paste card: 2 tbsp tomato paste
250 ml olive oil card: 1 cup olive oil
2 bay leaves card: 2 bay leaves
water card: water
salt card: salt
1 lemon, juice, to serve card: 1 lemon

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Add the tomato only once the beans are soft, or they stay firm.
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Fasolada

Step 1 of 5

Soak the beans overnight in plenty of cold water.

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500 g dried white beans
water

Step 2 of 5

Drain, cover with fresh water and bring to the boil. Boil for 10 minutes, then drain again.

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water

Step 3 of 5

Return the beans to the pot with the onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves and enough water to cover by 5 cm. Simmer, half covered, until the beans are soft.

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500 g dried white beans
2 onions
2 carrots
2 celery
2 bay leaves
water

Step 4 of 5

Stir in the tomato paste and the olive oil and simmer for 20 minutes more, until the soup is thick.

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35 g tomato paste
250 ml olive oil

Step 5 of 5

Season with salt at the end. Serve with a squeeze of lemon.

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salt
1 lemon

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Language: Ελληνικά

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