Chickpea Soup With Cumin & Cilantro (Paraguay) |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Creamy with half and half and pureed chickpeas, the warm spice of cumin and garnished with cilantro. If you don't care for cilantro, use parsley. This recipe can be halved or doubled easily. Enjoy! Ingredients:
3 cups chickpeas, cooked (about two15 oz. cans) |
2 medium onions, chopped |
1 tablespoon cumin |
8 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock) |
2 tablespoons flour |
4 tablespoons butter |
1 cup half-and-half |
salt, to taste |
pepper, to taste |
3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped (or parsley) |
Directions:
1. Heat the chickpeas, onion, cumin and stock until the stock boils.
2. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Puree the mixture in a food processor(or blender) and return to the pot.
4. Mix the flour and 2 tablespoons of butter into a past,e and then add it to the soup in small pinches. After each addition whisk until smooth.
5. Simmer the soup for 10 minutes. Add the remaining butter and enough half and half to reach the desired consistency.
6. Correct seasoning and garnish generously with cilantro (or parsley).
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