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Fosolka po Bretonsku - Polish bean soup
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Polish Bean Soup Recipe - Fasolka po Bretonsku

Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 500 g White beans
  • 300 g Bacon smoked
  • 2 cubes Beef stock optionally beef fond
  • 4 grains Allspice
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 2 White onions chopped, medium size
  • 300 g Sausage this one you like the most!
  • 1 tsp Butter
  • 200 g Tomato paste
  • 2-3 tsp Majoram
  • 2-3 cloves Garlic
  • Salt & pepper
  • Bread freshly cut
  • Parsley optional, to garnish

Instructions

Preparation

  • Take a large pot and cover the beans with water at room temperature and leave them overnight. Make sure the beans are all the time covered by water while soaking. If necessary add some more water into the pot.

Cooking Process

  • Put the whole piece of smoked bacon, beef stock, grains of allspice and 2 bay leaves in the pot where the beans are and cook them until they are soft. To cook them in the pressure cooker, because it takes only 15-20 min.
  • In the meantime chop onions and cut sausage into cubes. Take a large pan and fry butter on medium heat. As soon as the butter is melted add chopped onions and sausage cubes. Fry until the onions and sausages turn golden brown around 5minutes. Don't forget to stir it from time to time.
  • Remove the smoked bacon from the broth and cut it into cubes. Put it back to the pot with the soup.
  • At this point add onion, sausages, tomato paste, majoram, onions with sausage, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, salt and pepper and simmer the soup for another 15 minutes. Stir it. Before serving don't forget to remove the bay leaves.
  • Serve warm with bread on the side and enjoy the mix of beautiful flavours:) You can garnish it with parsley, if you like!
  • The more you reheat the dish the better it gets! You can keep the stew up to 3 days in the fridge. If you like, you can also freeze it!