st lucy soup sicilian - faro

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Saint Lucy Soup Sicilian Style

 

Recipe By :Victor D'Avila-Latourrette

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : 12 December Filed

Soups and Stews

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 quarts water

1 cup olive oil

1 pound whole-grain dried wheat -- such as faro

1 pound dried chickpeas

8 garlic cloves -- minced

2 large onions -- sliced

3 bay leaves

salt and pepper -- to taste

 

1. Pour the water and oil into a large soup pot. Add the other ingredients and

let it boil slowly, covered, for 3 or 4 hours, stirring from time to time.

 

2. Check the seasonings, remove the bay leaves, and serve the soup hot. Those

who wish can sprinkle some Parmesan cheese into their bowls.

 

 

VARIATIONS:

Could use soft-white wheat berries, cracked or bulgur wheat; barley, rice, orzo.

 

Description:

" A gruel of olive oil, wheat berries and chickpeas with onions and bay "

Source:

" 1998 Twelve Months of Monastery Soups by Victor D'Avila-Latourrette "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 654 Calories; 31g Fat (41.4% calories

from fat); 18g Protein; 81g Carbohydrate; 21g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;

39mg Sodium. Exchanges: 5 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 5 1/2

Fat.

 

NOTES : This Sicilian soup is named after Saint Lucy (d. 304), one of the patron

saints of Sicily. She was born of noble parents near Syracuse, and when she

refused to marry a pagan young man, he denounced her as a Christian to the

authorities. Sentenced to a brothel, she was made miraculously immobile. Several

attempts were made to kill her, including once by fire, but the flames refused

to touch her. Finally she was stabbed to death through the throat. Saint Lucy is

much loved by the Sicilian people, who often give her name to their baby girls.

She is also invoked by people who suffer eye trouble: Legend has it that her own

eyes were torn out but miraculously restored.

 

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