Greek White Bean Soup with Wild Celery - Fassolada me Selino

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Greek White Bean Soup with Wild Celery -

Fassolada me Selino

 

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Veggie

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation

Method

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2 cups dried white beans -- soaked

overnight in water and drained

2 onions -- halved, one half

thinly sliced in half-moons

2 cups coarsely chopped wild celery

2 medium carrots -- sliced

1 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Freshly ground black pepper

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Aleppo pepper -- or crushed

red pepper flakes (optional)

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf

parsley -- (optional)

 

In a large pot, place the beans and the 3 onion

halves and add water to cover by 4 inches. Bring to a

boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 40

minutes. Add the sliced onion, celery, carrot and salt

and simmer for 20 to 40 minutes more, adding a little

more water if needed, until tender. Add the lemon

juice and black pepper to taste and simmer for 10

minutes more, or until the beans are just

covered with broth.

 

Transfer 1 cup of the soup to a blender (avoiding the

onion half) and puree.

 

Return the puree to the pot and cook for 2 minutes

more. Remove from the heat and discard the onion

halves. Stir in the oil and sprinkle with the Aleppo

pepper or pepper flakes, if desired. Taste and adjust

the seasonings, sprinkle with the parsley, if you

like, and serve hot.

 

VARIATION: For the most common version of fassolada

add 1 cup canned chopped tomatoes and 1 tablespoon

tomato paste to the beans, together with the celery

and carrots.

 

Serves: 4

 

Source:

" Gourmed Magazine "

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" 12.29.07 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 540 Calories;

19g Fat (30.7% calories from fat); 25g Protein; 72g

Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;

580mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean

Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Fat.

 

NOTES : This is an old tomatoless version of the

classic Greek soup (see variation). Greek selino is

very different from the American or northern European

celery. It is often called ‘wild celery’ and can be

found in Asian markets under the name kun choi or kin

tsai. When you find it, buy it in quantity, wash it,

coarsely chop it and keep it in zipperlock bags in the

freezer to use as needed.

 

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 5511 0 902518 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

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