Ancient Bean Soup - (fasolada)

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups beans
• 1/2 liter water
• 200 g lard
• 3 onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 liter beef broth
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander
• 1 bunch parsley
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans in water over night.
• 2 then boil them with a bay leaf, in water just to cover for 5 minutes.
• 3 take the pot off the heat and cover for 1 hour.
• 4 pour the beans and bay leaf into the beef broth and slowly boil for 2 hours. saute the onion in the lard and then add the parsley, the coriander, the salt and pepper.
• 5 add this to the beans.
• 6 add the honey and allow to boil slowly for a few more minutes.
• 7 before serving, add the garlic cloves that have been passed through a garlic press and mixed with the oil.