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Butter Bean Winter Greens Soup with Celery Gremolata
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOKING TIME: 40 minutes
SERVES: 4-6
What to do
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and add the mirepoix ingredients: onion, celery and carrot and season generously with a pinch of salt. Cook until the mirepoix mixture is completely tender.
- Stir in the garlic and fennel seeds. Add the tomato puree and cook for a couple of minutes more until the colour deepens. Tip in the tomatoes and fill the tin with water before pouring into the pan. Add the butter beans and red wine vinegar and season well. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid to cook for 20 – 30 minutes, until the liquid is reduced.
- Add the greens and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Very finely chop all of the ingredients for the gremolata either by hand or in a food processor.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and spoon over the gremolata, a drizzle of olive oil and a grating of parmesan.
The soup will keep covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.
What you will need
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 x 400g tin butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 100g kale or chard, or other seasonal greens, leaves roughly torn and stalks discarded
- Salt & pepper
For the celery gremolata
- 1 small stick celery, roughly chopped
- ½ small bunch parsley
- 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
- Zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
To serve
- 50g parmesan, finely grated
Check out our mirepoix (celery, carrot, onion) recipe here: https://lovecelery.co.uk/celery-recipes/mirepoix/
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