Garlic Soup With Beans

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 heads garlic, cloves separated and finely sliced
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 ounce unsalted butter
• 1 ounce cornflour
• 2 1/2 pints vegetable stock
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans (can use haricot beans too)
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• ground black pepper
• parsley, chopped, to serve

Recipe

• 1 in a large heavy-based saucepan, cook the garlic, onions and thyme in the butter over a medium heat until softened, adding a little stock if necessary to prevent sticking. this should take about 7 minutes.
• 2 reduce the heat, stir in the cornflour and cook until lightly brown.
• 3 add the stock gradually, stirring to avoid lumps.
• 4 increase the heat, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 5 in small batches, pour the soup into a blender and blend until smooth. return to the heat.
• 6 drain and rinse the beans.
• 7 add beans to the soup with the vinegar and warm through.
• 8 season with black pepper and serve immediately sprinkled with parsley.