Chorizo White Bean Soup

🥘 Ingredients

• chorizo 100 g
• bacon 250 g
• olive oil
• onion 1
• carrot 2
• salt
• tomato paste 35 g
• garlic 4 cloves
• rosemary 1 sprig
• chorizo
• bacon
• white beans 1 can
• chicken stock 4 cups
• kale 1 bunch
• white beans 1 can
• salt
• pepper
• hard cheese 60 g
• red wine vinegar 1 ½ tsp
• hard cheese

1. 1

   Add thinly sliced chorizo to a pot and cook until slightly crispy and oils released into pan. Remove. Add thinly sliced bacon to a pot and cook until slightly crispy and oils released into pan. Remove.
2. 2

   Heat olive oil in a large pot . Once hot, add onion and carrot and cook for 8 minutes , until soft. Season with salt . Reduce heat to medium, stir in tomato paste , garlic , and rosemary and cook 2 minutes , until the tomato paste turns brick red and garlic is aromatic.
3. 3

   Add chorizo and bacon back into pot. Add white beans . Use a potato masher or fork to roughly mash beans. This helps them release starch, which will thicken the broth.
4. 4

   Add chicken stock , kale , white beans , salt and pepper . Gently simmer soup with the lid slightly ajar for 20 minutes . If you prefer a brothier soup, add 1 cup of water or stock. Remove lid and stir in hard cheese and red wine vinegar . Serve with extra grated hard cheese .