Home borlotti beans soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup borlotti beans
• 1 piece onion
• 1 piece carrot
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon mint
• 6 cup water

Calories are an editor’s estimate per serving, not a lab measurement.

Method

1. 1

   Pick over the borlotti beans. Chop the onion.

2. 2

   Turn the onion in olive oil for 4 minutes.

3. 3

   Add borlotti beans and water. Cook 35 minutes, until tender.

4. 4

   Do not blend. Brown the mint in butter and pour it over.

Note. Keep the lid ajar so it does not boil over. Soak chickpeas, dried beans or hulled wheat overnight if the recipe uses them.