Spinach Chickpea Soup (with photo)

[farfallina]

Name of Recipe: Spinach Chickpea Soup

Ingredients:
1 can of chickpeas (Gross weight of 1 can = 400g, net (drained) weight= 260g approx)
100g onion, quartered
75g carrots, roughly chopped
150g celery stick, roughly chopped
75g spinach leaves
800g water
1 tbsp Thermomix vegetable or meat concentrate
100g ditaloni
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVO)
Grated parmesan



Preparation:
    * Chop onion, carrot abd celery for 5 seconds on Speed 6-7. Repeat if needed. Clean down the sides of TM Bowl with spatula.
    * Add 150g of drained chickpeas. Put also spinach by pressing. Chop for 5 seconds on Speed 5. Repeat if needed
    * Add water and TM concentrate. Cook for 15 minutes at 100ºC on Reverse / Speed 1
    * Add pasta. Cook at 100ºC on Reverse / Soft Speed for the duration indicated on its packet. When there are 5 minutes left, add the remaining drained chickpeas and continue to cook
    * Let it rest for 5 minutes and then serve into the bowls
    * Drizzle with a little EVO and sprinkle with grated parmesan


Afiyet olsun...


Photos:  http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2011/01/spinach-chickpea-soup.html

[judydawn]

Looks like one for next winter farfallina.

[farfallina]

Since it is winter time here i make soups often these days

[Katya]

Me too Farfallina - home-made soup and bread are my most typical lunch.    I must try this one when I've used up my jerusalem artichokes...  will let you know how it goes

[farfallina]

I hope you like the result Katya
If you like soups I can recommend also Pasta & Bean recipe that I posted recently 

[cookie1]

I wonder if this is at all like the recipe in the Varoma book? That's lovely.

[judydawn]

This one is similar but different so worth giving it a go Cookie.  The other one uses dry chickpeas not canned, twice as many carrots and onion, no celery, 3 x the amount of spinach, more water, no VSC, no pasta, no parmesan and it uses garlic and turnips which farfallina hasn't used   

[cookie1]

Thanks Judy.

[farfallina]

judy you are like a book yourself! incredible!  

[judydawn]

Perhaps I really need to get a life outside the Thermomix 

[farfallina]

well... it would be our loss i guess 
we need you around here!   

[judydawn]

Thank you farfallina for those kind words