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Title: Broad Bean Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 8 To 10

2 c Large broad beans; soaked
-for about 24 hours
8 c Water
1 tb Olive oil
2 tb Grated ginger
2 Cloves garlic; crushed
2 ts Salt
1 ts Pepper
1 ts Cumin
1/4 c Lemon juice
2 tb Finely chopped parsley

From: Bulldogfla

Drain beans and remove skins. Place beans in saucepan with water and bring
to boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for 1-1/2 hours or until
well-=0Acooked. Allow to cool. Puree in a blender; then return to saucepan
and bring to boil, adding more water if necessary. Stir in remaining
ingredients, except parsley, and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat for 5
minutes, stirring a few times.=0APlace in bowls; then garnish with parsley
before serving.

Note: Cooked fava beans - another name for broad beans - in cans can
be=0Asubstituted for the dry broad beans. The fava in cans are usually
cooked with=0Atheir skins, and hence the soup will be much darker in color.
Substitute 4=0Acups of the canned fava for the 2 cups of the dried. Combine
with remaining=0Aingredients, except parsley, and pur‚e; then bring to boil
and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.

Total Calories Per Serving: 108 Fat: 2 grams

Posted to recipelu-digest by Bulldogfla on Mar 9, 1998