Macedonian white bean soup
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | White beans; dried |
| ½ | cup | Olive or vegetable oil |
| 2 | mediums | Onions; peeled and chopped |
| 2 | Garlic cloves; crushed | |
| 1 | large | Carrot; scraped and minced |
| 2 | Tomatoes; peeled and chopped | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Thyme; crumbled dried |
| Salt and pepper; to taste | ||
Directions
Recipe by: The Eastern European Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9 Soak beans overnight or for several hours in 8 cups of water. Put on stove in the same water; bring to a boil. Lower heat; cook slowly, covered. Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet. Add onions; saute until limp. stir in garlic, carrot and tomatoes. Saute 5 mins; stir into beans. Add thyme and season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook until beans and carrot are tender, about 1½ hours. Serves 6 to 8.
NOTES : This is one of the best of the flavorful Yugoslav bean soups.
The
vegetables and seasonings give zest to the bland beans.
from my kitchen to------------------------------->yours..... Dan Klepach