Pote extremento - (thick soup with fun meat)

6 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupCeci beans; soaked overnight
1Smoked ham hock
1Whole Veal shank
2poundsOxtail in 2-inch pieces
2Cornish game hens; cut 6 pcs each
(or use small chickens)
2largesSpanish onions; cut 1\" dice
2Carrots; cut 1/2\" rounds
4Potatoes; peeled, and
Cut into 1\" dice
8Garlic cloves; peeled, whole
2tablespoonsSalt
3cupsShredded green cabbage
½poundsChorizo sausages -; (2 pieces)
1poundsMorcilla sausages -; (2 pieces)
½cupArborio rice
¼cupTomato paste
1teaspoonHot chili flakes
Salt; to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste

Directions

Place ceci in a 3-gallon soup pot with smoked ham hock, veal shank and oxtail and cover with cool water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 2 hours. Remove ham hock and veal shank and add game hens or chickens, onions, carrots, potatoes, garlic and salt and bring to a boil. Cut ham hock and shank meat into 1½-inch cubes and return to pot. Lower heat and simmer covered 45 minutes. Add cabbage, chorizo, morcilla, rice, tomato paste and chili flakes and cook 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, remove sausages, slice thinly, pour soup into tureen, lay sausages over top and serve. This recipe yields 6 servings.

Recipe Source: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # ME-1B06 broadcast 06-01-1998) Downloaded from their Web-Site -

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@...

~or- MAD-SQUAD@...

06-08-1998

Recipe by: Mario Batali

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