Name: White bean and merguez soup with gremolata
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium red onion (170g), chopped coarsely; 2 rindless bacon slices (130g), chopped coarsely; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 400 gram canned diced tomatoes; 1.5 litre (6 cups) chicken stock; 6 merguez sausages; 800 gram canned white beans, rinsed, drained; Gremolata; 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind; 2 clove garlic, crushed

White bean and merguez soup with gremolata

Warm your soul with this deliciously comforting white bean and merguez soup with fresh gremolata - an easy, flavoursome dinner for the cooler nights!

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Serves 4

Prep

Cook

35M

Total

40M

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium red onion (170g), chopped coarsely

2 rindless bacon slices (130g), chopped coarsely

2 clove garlic, crushed

400 gram canned diced tomatoes

1.5 litre (6 cups) chicken stock

6 merguez sausages

800 gram canned white beans, rinsed, drained

Gremolata

1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

2 clove garlic, crushed

Method

1.Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook onion, bacon and garlic, stirring, for 8 minutes or until onion softens and bacon crisps. Add tomatoes and stock; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2.Meanwhile, cook sausages in a heated oiled medium fry pan, turning, for 8 minutes or until browned and cooked through; slice thinly.

3.Add sausage to soup with beans; stir until soup is hot. Season to taste.

4.Make gremolata: Combine ingredients in a small bowl.

5.Serve bowls of soup sprinkled with gremolata.

Recipe is not suitable to freeze.
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