White Bean Soup (Grosh)
This is an traditional Albanian dish that is cheap to
make, although takes a long process. Different parts of Albania have different
names for the bean soup such as Fasule and Jani me Fasule. The beans are great
for keeping in the cupboard as they don't start to lose their life for a good
year.
Grosh, toast / bread, salad and a glass of Raki.
Perfect.
4 People
3 Hours
Ingredients:
-
250g Cannellini Beans (Dry)
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3 - 4 Litres Boiling Water
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3 Tbsp Tomato Puree
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2 Large Onions (Diced)
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4 Tsp Salt
Directions:
Place the beans in a large saucepan (approx 6 litres
deep or more) and fill with water. Put onto a high heat and bring to the boil.
Add half a teaspoon of salt.
Once boiling, keep at the boil for the full 3 hours
of cooking. Stir occasionally adding a litre of water each time the water
reaches a low level (approx every 30 minutes). Add half a teaspoon of salt as
well.
Meanwhile, fry the onions in a pan. Once starting to
brown, add the tomato puree and continue to cook for a further minute.
Once the beans have been boiling for 2 hours, place
the onion mixture into the pot and stir.
When there is 30 minutes left, leave the water to
boil down until 3 hours is up. You should then have roughly a quarter of the
pot filled with the soup when finished cooking.
The consistency of Grosh is more liquid like
then soup.
Note: Some beans only take 2.5 Hours to cook, most
beans will be fully cooked at 3 Hours. When cooked the beans are soft.
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