Butter Bean & Chorizo Soup

Butter Bean & Chorizo Soup

A deliciously rustic winter warming soup!

Serves 4

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

3 tbsp olive oil

225g/8 oz chorizo sausage, chopped into bite sized pieces

2 red onions, peeled & roughly chopped

2 garlic cloves, peeled & thinly sliced

2 fresh thyme sprigs

Freshly ground salt & pepper

2 x 420g tins butter beans, drained

1 small savoy cabbage, cored & roughly chopped

Grated zest of 1 lemon and a good squeeze of juice

Handful of fresh parsley, roughly chopped

Crusty rolls, to serve

Method

1.  Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and add the chorizo.  Stir on a high heat for 2 minutes until the oil turns reddish brown from the chorizo.

2.  Add the onions, garlic and the thyme and season, cook until tender for 2-3 minutes.  Tip in the butter beans and mix through, add boiling water to cover the beans and simmer gently for 2-3 minutes.

3.  Add the cabbage, pour in extra water if required, simmer for 5-7 minutes or until the cabbage is tender but still has a crunch.

4.  Stir in the lemon zest and juice and cook for 30 seconds.  Check for seasoning, remove the thyme and serve with a sprinkling of fresh parsley and a crusty roll, enjoy.