Title: Vegetable and Bean Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1/2 c Dry fava beans
1/2 c Dry white beans (navy or
-great northern)
Salt & pepper
2 md Onions; chopped
1 Carrot; chopped
1 Celery stalk; chopped
1 Bay leaf
1 Bulb fennel; chopped
1 bn Dill; chopped
3 Cabbage leaves
1 bn Beet leaves or Swiss chard
-or 1 pound spinach leaves
3 Belgian endive leaves (you
-could probably leave these
-out if you can't find
-them.)
1 c Arborio rice; washed
Grated Parmesan cheese for
-serving (optional)

I couldn't resist this soup recipe using fava beans. It's from a Sicilian
cookbook. It's pretty adaptable, just leave out the oil.

1. Soak dry beans for 1 hour in cold water; drain. Bring a large pot fo
lightly salted water to a boil. Add the bans, onions, carrot, celery, and
bay leaf.

2. After water returns to a boil, reduce heat so that the soup slowly
simmers. check the beans after 45 minutes and if they still feel hard,
continue cook8ing until they are almost soft.

3. Add teh fennel and dill, cabbage, beet leaves, and endive leaves. Add
salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 25 minutes

4. Add the rice. cover and cook for 15 minutes. Serve with a sprinkle of
Parmesan cheese on top.

Serves 8. Posted to fatfree digest V97 #197 by JBennicoff@aol.com on Sep 1,
1997