How to cook chickpea soup the Italian way
Chickpea soup – also known as zuppa di ceci or minestra di ceci, is a classic winter dish in Italy. Why? This vegan soup provides plenty of vitamins, minerals, fiber, as well as protein, thus a great replacement for meat. In addition it has many health benefits including improving digestion helping with diet.
In Italy it was originally considered part of “cucina povera” (“poor man’s dish”), however, its taste & quality is anything but poor. Especially when you follow my video recipe, which includes some typical herbs and spices adding value to this minestra.
If you do not have access to dry chickpeas you may also use canned chickpeas.
Ingredients for 3 persons:
300 g of dry chickpeas
100 g of small pasta type (e.g. ditaloni)
200 ml of tomato passata (thick tomato juice)
1/2 carrot
some celery
1 bay leaf
some rosemary leaves
1/2 yellow onion
1 garlic clove
1 shot of white wine
extra virgin olive oil
salt
pepper
a few fresh olives (optional)
1 chili (optional)
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Copyright by Marco Dilenge
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