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Caribbean-Style Purée of Black Bean Soup

Name: Caribbean-Style Purée of Black Bean Soup
Total time: 11 h 48 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Other
Ingredients: 20 g salt pork, small dice; 30 g onion, small dice; 15 g carrot, small dice; 15 g celery, small dice; 230 g dried black beans, soaked overnight; 1.45 L white chicken stock; ½ smoked ham hocks; 1 parsley stems; ½ sprig thyme; ½ leaf bay leaf; 0.13 tsp black peppercorns, cracked; 40 ml dry sherry; 0.13 tsp ground allspice; kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste; 90 g sour cream; 40 g plum tomatoes, medium dice; 7 g scallions, thinly sliced

Black beans simmered for hours with salt pork, smoked ham hock and aromatics, half of them blended back for body, then lifted with dry sherry and allspice. Sour cream, diced tomato and scallion on top cut through the smoky richness.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on55 min
Total11 h 48 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Soup

20 gsalt pork, small dice
30 gonion, small dice
15 gcarrot, small dice
15 gcelery, small dice
230 gdried black beans, soaked overnight
1.45 Lwhite chicken stock
½smoked ham hocks

Sachet

1parsley stems
½ sprigthyme
½ leafbay leaf
0.13 tspblack peppercorns, cracked

Finish

40 mldry sherry
0.13 tspground allspice
to tastekosher salt and ground black pepper

Garnish

90 gsour cream
40 gplum tomatoes, medium dice
7 gscallions, thinly sliced

Contains

Dairy
Celery
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
Grapes
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Onion family (any)
Onion
Scallion (green onion)
Carrot
Thyme
Parsley
Bay leaf
Black and white pepper
Allspice
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop
Blender

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Meal prep

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: high
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: low

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