Chick Pea Soup

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Chick Pea Soup

Chick Pea Soup

Servings: 6 servings
Course: Main Dish

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp 15 ml chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup 80 ml chopped celery
  • 2 rosemary sprigs
  • 2 garlic cloves lightly mashed with a knife handle and peeled
  • 2/3 cup 160 ml canned imported Italian plum tomatoes, cut up, with their juice
  • 6 cups 1.4 L Basic Homemade Meat Broth, OR 2 quarts (1.9 L) canned beef broth
  • 2 cups 480 ml cooked dried chick peas, OR 2 cups (480 ml) canned chick peas, drained
  • Black pepper ground fresh from the mill
  • Salt

Equipment

  • Pot

Method
 

  1. Put 2 tbsp (30 ml) of the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook until the onion turns pale gold.
  2. Add rosemary and garlic and cook about 1 minute, stirring.
  3. Add the tomatoes with their juice, then add broth, chick peas, a few grindings of pepper, and salt. Adjust heat for a steady simmer and cook 40 minutes.
  4. Pass the soup through a food mill and return it to the pot.
  5. Bring it back to a slow boil, then turn off the heat. Stir in the remaining olive oil, let the soup settle a few minutes, and serve.

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