VegTab Amer pinenut chickpea soup

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Pine Nut and Chickpea Soup with Mint

 

Recipe By :Deborah Madison

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : 2002-09-10 Soups

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 teaspoon butter

2 teaspoons sunflower seed oil

1 cup sliced yellow onions

1 small clove garlic -- crushed

1 celery stalk -- chopped

2 sage leaves -- roughly chopped

1/2 cup pine nuts

1 cup drained cooked chickpeas

4 cups water or vegetable stock

salt and freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

 

1. Melt the butter in a soup pot with the oil. Add the onions, garlic, celery,

sage, and pine nuts and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the

onions are limp and the pine nuts have browned, about 10 minutes. Add the

chick-peas, water or stock, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and bring to a boil. Lower

the heat, cover, and simmer over medium-low heat for 15 minutes.

 

2. Let cool briefly, then, working in batches if necessary, puree in a blender

until smooth. Return the soup to the pot, stir in the mint and slowly reheat so

that the mint can steep for a few minutes. Taste for salt, season with pepper,

and serve.

 

Source:

" Vegetarian Table: America by Deborah Madison 1996 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 211 Calories; 13g Fat (53.3% calories

from fat); 8g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 3mg Cholesterol; 31mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.

 

NOTES : Pine nuts are indigenous to the southwest, and the spanish who settled

there have long cultivated the chick-pea. There are old recipes for pine nut

soups, chick-pea soups, and for one that combines them -- a good idea, for pine

nuts are very expensive and extremely rich. (You can also make this with

sunflower or pumpkin seeds.) Traditionally, this soup would be made with a beef

stock, but using water or vegetable stock keeps the delicate flavor of the pine

nuts from being overwhelmed.

 

 

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