White bean and tomato soup with fennel and chorizo sausage

Name: White bean and tomato soup with fennel and chorizo sausage
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Fennel tubers; 2 Onions; 2 Garlic cloves; 1 TEASPOON Tomato paste; 300 g Chorizo sausage; 500 ml Vegetable broth; 500 g chunky tomatoes; 1 can(s) (425 ml) white beans; 5 Stem(s) Basil; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

2 Fennel tubers
2 Onions
2 Garlic cloves
1 TEASPOON Tomato paste
300 g Chorizo sausage
500 ml Vegetable broth
500 g chunky tomatoes
1 can(s) (425 ml) white beans
5 Stem(s) Basil
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper

Directions

1
Wash and clean the fennel. Halve the tuber and cut into thin slices. Peel and finely dice onions and garlic. Roughly dice the sausage and leave it crispy in a pot without fat. Add onions, garlic, fennel and tomato paste and fry.
2
Deglaze with broth, bring to the boil and simmer for about 3 minutes.
3
Add the tomatoes and bring to the boil. Drain beans, rinse and add to tomatoes. Let the soup simmer gently for about 15 minutes. Wash basil, shake dry, pluck leaves from the stalks, put some leaves aside, cut remaining leaves into fine strips.
4
Season soup with salt, pepper and basil strips. Arrange soup in bowls and garnish with basil leaves.