Hungarian Bean and Ham Soup
This hearty soup packed full of beans, vegetables and ham is sure to satisfy. And, it's pretty delicious too!
Um,YUM. I don't like to play favourites, but this did need to be tested more than once, and nobody complained ... it is delicious. I hope you love it as much as my family loves it. I know its a bit early for soup, but we have seriously been having weird weather in Australia haven’t we? Can I get an amen?? So if you happen to have a cold rainy day, even though it’s been blisteringly hot the day before, trot this one out! You’ll thank me.
Need
- 2 Tablespoons lard
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 leek, white part only, well cleaned
- 1 carrot, in pieces
- 2 celery stalks, in pieces
- 1 parsnip, in pieces
- 40 Grams flour
- 300 Grams dried borlotti beans, soaked overnight and drained
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 Litre water or liquid stock
- 400 Grams diced smoked pork or ham
- 1 heaped tbsp paprika plus some more
- 1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes BUY
- Freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- Sour cream as needed to serve
- Herbs of choice to garnish
Do
- 1
Place lard, garlic, leek, vegetables and flour into Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
- 2
Sauté 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
- 3
Add beans, bay leaves and water and cook 60 min/90°C/Reverse/speed 1.
- 4
Check liquid levels and add water if needed up to the 1.5 L mark.
- 5
Add ham, paprika and salt and pepper to taste and heat through 10 min/100°C/Reverse/speed 1.
- 6
Serve with a dollop of sour cream garnished with a sprinkle of paprika and some chopped fresh herbs.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
