Dutch Brown Bean Soup "Bruine bonen soep"

A Dutch dietary staple, brown bean soup, or bruine bonen soep is nutritious, filling and a cinch to make. A great mid-week meal for the whole family, it goes great with buttered brown bread.


Preparation:

In a large soup pot, fry the bacon in the butter. Add the shallots, carrot, leek and the ground paprika. Mix well. Now add the beans, tomato puree, stock and bay leaves.
Bring the soup to the boil and then turn down the heat to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Season to taste with salt, pepper and ketjap manis (or Worcester sauce) and then blitz the soup half smooth, using a stick blender or food processor. The soup should still have texture and not be completely smooth. Add the celery leaves right before serving.

Ingredients:

5 oz. smoked bacon, cubed (145 g)
1 tbsp butter
5 shallots, chopped
1 large carrot, diced
1 large leek, sliced in rings
1 tbsp ground paprika
3 lb. canned brown beans or pinto beans, drained and rinsed (1.3 kg)
12 oz. tomato puree (375 ml)
3 cups beef stock (500 ml)
2 bay leaves (fresh or dried)
Salt, pepper and ketjap manis or Worcester sauce, to taste
1/2 cup chopped celery leaves
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

If you feel discriminated? here is the recipe for "White" bean soup

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