Simple Bean Soup from El Bulli (world's all time greatest restaurant!)

Name: Simple Bean Soup from El Bulli (world's all time greatest restaurant!)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 garlic clove ((large), minced); 1 brown onion (, (1 large, 2 small), finely chopped (~180g/6oz)); 1/4 tsp fresh thyme (, chopped (sub 1/8 tsp dried)); 1/4 tsp fresh rosemary (, chopped (sub 1/8 tsp dried)); 1 bay leaf (, fresh (or 1/2 dried)); 1/3 cup tomato passata ((Note 1)); 4 x 400g/14oz cans cannellini beans (, drained (Note 2 for dried)); 3 cups vegetable stock; 1 cup fresh parsley leaves (, roughly chopped (ie chop then lightly pack in)); 1 garlic clove ((medium), roughly chopped); 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup whole hazelnuts (, skin on (or almonds)); 1/2 tsp cooking / kosher salt ((or 1/4 tsp table salt) (Note 4))

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:45min

Recipe video above. This Bean Soup comes to you from El Bulli restaurant, famed in its time for topping the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list, year after year. But fear not! This is not a complex Michelin star dish. It’s a simple bean soup from the El Bulli staff cookbook, "The Family Meal".If this tasty little number is good enough for the folks behind this world class restaurant, it’s good enough for the rest of us!Don't skip the Picada. It totally makes it.

Updated at: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:18:19 GMT