Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup

Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Bean Soup
Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Bean Soup

If you have fennel and not sure what to do with it, this Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup is a great recipe. I had some fennel left over from the Fennel, Avocado and Grapefruit Salad, and needed to make the kids lunch. This soup was born. The next day, I even served it as a stew, over mashed sweet potatoes. Very versatile!

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Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 46 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 fennel bulbs, sliced thin (you can use a mandolin, about 4 cups)
  • 2 carrots, sliced into coins
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 cup green cabbage, sliced thin
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained (you can keep the liquid from the can and make banana bread!)
  • 2 large handful spinach
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sautรฉ until soft and translucent, about 6-7 minutes. Add the fennel, carrots, garlic, thyme sprig, and a generous pinch of sea salt and pepper. Cook until the carrots begin to soften, about 10 minutes, stirring often. Add the green cabbage and cook 2 more minutes.

Add the apple cider vinegar and let cook 2 minutes, while stirring. Add the vegetable broth and the garbanzo beans, lower the heat, and let simmer for 10-15 minutes, until the flavors are well blended and the vegetables are cooked, but still hold their shape. Remove from the heat. Add the spinach and the lemon juice. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Serve with crusty bread. Oh, my.

Keywords: fennel, garbanzo, chickpea, soup, quick

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Soupe rapido fenouil et garbanzo

Cette soupe est facile et rapide ร  faire. Elle est parfaite s’il vous reste du fenouil de la veille (voir ma recette de Salade fenouil, avocat et pamplemousse) et les enfants en raffolent. Le lendemain, je la sers mรชme comme ragoรปt sur des pommes de terre en purรฉe. Dรฉlice!

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 ร  6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 gros oignon, hachรฉ
  • 2 bulbes de fenouil, tranchรฉs mince, ou environ 4 tasses (vous pouvez utiliser la mandoline)
  • 2 carottes, en rondelles
  • 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 branche de thym frais
  • 1 tasse de chou vert, tranchรฉ mince
  • 1/4 tasse de vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 6 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs (vous pouvez garder le liquide des pois chiches et faire deux beaux pains aux bananes)
  • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards frais
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole, faire chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et translucide, environ 6 ร  7 minutes. Ajouter le fenouil, les carottes, l’ail, le thym, et de bonnes pincรฉes de sel et de poivre. Cuire jusqu’ร  ce que les carottes commencent ร  ramollir, environ 10 minutes, en brassant souvent. Ajouter le chou vert et cuire 2 minutes de plus.

Ajouter le vinaigre de cidre et laisser รฉvaporer 2 minutes, tout en brassant. Ajouter le bouillon de lรฉgumes et les pois chiches, baisser le feu, et laisser mijoter pendant 10 ร  15 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient cuits, mais croquants. Retirer du feu, ajouter les รฉpinards et le jus de citron. Bien mรฉlanger et ajuster les assaisonnements. Servir avec une bonne baguette, c’est divin!

Keywords: fenouil, garbanzo, pois chiches, soupe, rapide

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Traditional Falafel

Traditional Falafel
Traditional Falafel

The recipe for this traditional falafel, or little bites of chickpea heaven, is fantastic. You can put the falafel on top of a salad, stuff them into a pita along with toum and fresh tomatoes and lettuce, eat with rice, the choices are endless! This recipe will give you about 36 falafel so feel free to cut in half if needed. It’s also nice to use half fava beans and half chickpeas.

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Traditional Falafel

  • Author: Karine K
  • Yield: 36 falafel 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound dry chickpeas, soaked overnight
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
  • 1/2 cup cilantro
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons chickpea flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • Grapeseed oil for frying

Instructions

Drain and rinse the chickpeas well. Transfer them to the bowl of a food processor along with the onion, parsley, cilantro, garlic, chickpea flour, salt, cumin, coriander, black pepper, cayenne, and cardamom.

Pulse all ingredients together, scraping the sides of the bowl a few times, until the mixture is well combined, but still coarse in texture. Pour the mixture into a bowl, cover and transfer to the freezer for 30 minutes.

Heat enough grapeseed oil in a deep saucepan to deep-fry the falafel. Heat the oil slowly over medium heat, until it reaches about 370หš. You can use a deep-frying thermometer if youโ€™d like. Meanwhile, form the falafel mixture into round balls (about 1 ยฝ tablespoons per ball).

When youโ€™re ready to fry, try a test one first, to ensure the oil is at the right temperature. Each ball should take about 5-6 minutes to fry. Fry all your falafel in batches, transferring them, using a slotted spoon, to a paper towel lined plate.

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Recette traditionnelle de falafel

Les falafels sont si bons, mais ils me semblaient toujours si complexes ร  faire… Jusqu’ร  ce que je parvienne ร  cette recette! Tout y est: les falafels sont tendres ร  l’intรฉrieur avec une enveloppe croustillante, ils sentent bon les herbes, et ils peuvent รชtre utilisรฉs de tant de faรงons! Sur une salade, dans un pita avec tahini, ou tout simplement comme รงa, servis avec toum ou hummus. Allez-y, essayez-les! Donne environ 36 falafels.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Yield: 36 falafel 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 livre de pois chiches secs, trempรฉs toute une nuit
  • 1 petit oignon, hachรฉ
  • 1/2 tasse persil plat
  • 1/2 tasse coriandre fraรฎche
  • 6 gousses d’ail
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de farine de pois chiche
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ sel de mer
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de cumin
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ coriandre moulue
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ poivre noir
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ cayenne
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ cardamom
  • Huile de pรฉpin de raisin pour la friture

Instructions

ร‰goutter et rincer les pois chiches. Placer dans le bol d’un robot culinaire et y ajouter l’oignon, le persil, la coriandre fraรฎche, l’ail, la farine de pois chiche, le sel, le cumin, la coriandre moulue, le poivre noir, le cayenne, et la cardamom.

Pulvรฉriser tous les ingrรฉdients jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un mรฉlange grossier et uniforme, en prenant soin d’incorporer les ingrรฉdients qui se retrouvent sur les parois du bol de temps ร  autre. Mettre le mรฉlange dans un bol, couvrir, et placer au congรฉlateur pendant 30 minutes.

Verser assez d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin dans une casserole pour y submerger les falafels. Chauffer l’huile doucement, ร  feu moyen, jusqu’ร  ce qu’elle atteigne une tempรฉrature de 370หš. Vous pouvez utiliser un thermomรจtre ร  bonbon, si vous le voulez. Pendant que l’huile chauffe, faรงonner des falafels d’environ 1 ยฝ c. ร  soupe chacun.

Lorsque l’huile atteint la tempรฉrature idรฉale, placer un falafel “test” dans la casserole. (Si l’huile est trop รฉlevรฉe, le falafel cuira trop rapidement ร  l’extรฉrieur et restera mi-cuit ร  l’intรฉrieur.) Chaque falafel devrait prendre environ 4-5 minutes ร  cuire. Frire les falafels en plusieurs fois, en les transfรฉrant sur une assiette recouverte d’essuie-tout.

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Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe
Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

This Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe is quick and tasty. Fricassรฉe is a French dish made by half sautรฉing, half stewing pieces of meat, and serving them in a thick white sauce. My grandpa used to make it often.  He would make his fricassรฉe in its even simpler form, by sautรฉing ground beef in loads of butter along with lots of diced onion and celery. He would then deglaze the pan with hot black tea, add some heavy cream, whole peppercorns, fresh parsley, and there you had it! Sometimes he would add cut up potato cubes in there.

Well, as you can imagine, this fricassรฉe recipe is much different. First, you HAVE to use the freshest vegetables you can find. Because the vegetables are the stars, there are very few other seasonings. I sautรฉ the veggies until they are soft, but not browned. I then add some liquid, to continue the cooking, but just enough so that it doesn’t turn into a soup. I removed my grandpa’s beloved cream, obviously, but did not substitute. You can serve with a dollop of fresh coconut yogurt, if you’d like.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

If you like chickpeas, check out these other great recipes: Chickpea Chole, Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup and Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricot.

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Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 34 shallots, sliced thin
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 fennel bulbs, cored and sliced thin
  • 2 carrots, cut into small cubes
  • 1 red, yellow, or orange bell pepper, cut into small cubes
  • 1 large celery stalk, cut into small cubes
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 2 large handful spinach, large leaves torn
  • 1/2 to 1 cup vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Garnish: fresh fennel fronds, fresh parsley

Instructions

In a large straight-edge sautรฉ pan, heat the oil over medium heat. When hot, add the shallots, garlic, fennel, carrots, bell pepper, celery, thyme sprigs, and generous pinches of sea salt and pepper. Sautรฉ over medium heat, stirring often, so the vegetables cook, but do not brown or burn, about 10 minutes. Add the chickpeas and mix well. Add some stock, a little bit at a time, so that the vegetables are wet, but the broth isn’t soupy. Add the spinach and toss until just wilted. Taste and adjust seasonings. Bon appรฉtit!

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Fricassรฉe de fenouil, carottes et pois chiches

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 3 ร  4 รฉchalotes franรงaises, en tranches minces
  • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 bulbes de fenouil, sans le coeur et en tranches minces
  • 2 carottes, coupรฉes en petits cubes
  • 1 poivron rouge, jaune ou orange, coupรฉ en cubes
  • 1 branche de cรฉleri, coupรฉe en cubes
  • 1 branche de thym frais
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉe et รฉgouttรฉe
  • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards
  • 1/2 ร  1 tasse de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Garnish: fresh fennel fronds, fresh parsley

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen dans une grande poรชle ร  rebords hauts. Ajouter les รฉchalotes, l’ail, le fenouil, les carottes, le poivron, le cรฉleri, la branche de thym, et de gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel de mer et de poivre. Faire revenir ร  feu moyen, en brassant souvent, pendant environ 10 minutes. Ajouter les pois chiches et bien brasser. Ajouter du bouillon de lรฉgumes, un peu ร  la fois, afin qu’il s’รฉvapore lentement. Ajouter les รฉpinards et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  ce qu’ils soient lรฉgรจrement cuits. Goรปter et ajuster les saveurs. Bon appรฉtit!

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Green Split Pea Stew

Green Split Pea Soup
Green Split Pea Soup

I love this Green Split Pea Stew. Not only because you can use any ingredient you want, but because it’s so quick and easy to put together. When I developed this recipe, I wanted to do something with green split peas. I had some lingering around in the pantry, and the weather has been so cold in Arizona this winter that I figured they would be fabulous in a warm and comfy stew.

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Green Split Pea Stew

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 1 large onion, sliced thin
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 45 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 810 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 cup green split peas, sorted and rinsed
  • 1 bunch beet greens, chopped
  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • Splash fresh lemon juice
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Garnishes: toasted pumpkin seeds or pine nuts, fresh cilantro, coconut yogurt

Instructions

In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the grapeseed oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sautรฉ until nicely browned, but not burned, about 6-7 minutes. Add the garlic,ย  thyme, sea salt and pepper, and cook one more minute. Add the turmeric and mix well. Add the vegetable broth and the peas, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for about 30-40 minutes, until the peas are tender, but still hold their shape. Add the beet greens and the chickpeas. Simmer gently for 5 minutes, until the beet greens are wilted. Test for seasoning and adjust, if necessary. Turn off the heat, add a splash of fresh lemon juice and garnish. Bon appรฉtit!

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Ragoรปt aux pois verts concassรฉs

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 1 gros oignon, tranchรฉ mince
  • 2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 ร  5 branches de thym frais
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 8 ร  10 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 tasse de pois verts concassรฉs, triรฉs et rincรฉs
  • 1 botte de kale ou de feuilles de betterave, hachรฉs
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • Un trait de jus de citron frais
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Garnitures: graines de citrouille grillรฉes ou noix de pin, coriandre fraรฎche, yogourt de coconut

Instructions

Dans une cocotte, chauffer l’huile de pรฉpin de raisin ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit caramรฉlisรฉ, environ 6 ร  7 minutes. Ajouter l’ail, le thym, le sel de mer et le poivre, et cuire une minute de plus. Ajouter le curcuma et bien brasser. Ajouter le bouillon de lรฉgumes et les pois et porter ร  รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter de 30 ร  40 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les pois soient tendres. Ajouter le kale et les pois chiches. Laisser mijoter doucement pour 5 minutes. Retirer du feu, ajouter le trait de jus de citron et garnir au goรปt. Bon appรฉtit!

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Chickpea Guggillu

Chickpea Guggillu
Chickpea Guggillu

This quick and tasty Chickpea Guggillu will leave you wanting for more. My mother-in-law whipped up this wonderful dish and I took all the notes in order to share the steps with you. She obviously cooks without recipes, so please go with your taste. If you prefer less spice, go easy on the chili powder. This dish is considered to be a tempering, which is the frying of spices in oil. Then chickpeas are added, to provide you with a nice, complete dish. You can also eat this as a snack, or serve it over rice and curries.

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Chickpea Guggillu

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 2 curry leaves (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 12 teaspoons chili powder
  • Cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 small onion, minced (optional)
  • Squeeze of fresh lime juice

Instructions

Heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and sautรฉ until they start popping. Add the cumin seeds and sautรฉ for a few seconds. Add the curry leaves, if using. Add the chickpeas and sautรฉ for about two minutes. Add the turmeric, salt, and chili powder. Mix well and take off the heat. Place in a serving bowl, top with cilantro, onion, and a big nice squeeze of fresh lime juice. Bon appรฉtit!

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Pois chiches guggillu

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de moutarde
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin
  • 2 feuilles de cari (en option)
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1 ร  2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • Coriandre fraรฎche, hachรฉe
  • 1/2 petit oignon, รฉmincรฉ (en option)
  • Jus de lime frais

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile dans une poรชle, ร  feu moyen. Ajouter les graines de moutarde et de cumin et cuire pendant 1 minute. Ajouter les feuilles de cari, en option. Ajouter les pois chiches et faire revenir pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter le curcuma, le sel de mer et la poudre de chili. Bien mรฉlanger et retirer du feu. Placer dans un bol de service, garnir des oignons (en option) et d’un grand trait de jus de lime. Bon appรฉtit!

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Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricots

Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricots
Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricots

When you crave the warmth of Indian spices and it’s fig season, this Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricots is pretty on point. This curry started out of a can of chickpeas, some fresh black mission figs, and some dried Turkish apricots. I ended up with a sweet-spicy curry that everyone loved. Leftovers are perfect the next day. I served over rice because the kids asked for it, but you could easily serve over any other grain.

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Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricots

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 5 ounces dried apricots
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons grapeseed oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • Garnishes: fresh sliced figs, green onions, cilantro, nuts

Instructions

Slice the dried apricots and put them in the orange juice to soak for 30 minutes. Place the rinsed and drained chickpeas in a large pot and set aside. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and sautรฉ until translucent, about 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, and cayenne. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, until nice and fragrant. Add to the large pot with the chickpeas.

Add the apricots and the juice to the pot. Cook over medium-low heat for about 15-20 minutes, stirring often. Taste and adjust seasonings. Add all but 4 tablespoons coconut milk to the pot, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. Serve over rice, or any other grain, topped with some coconut milk and your choice of toppings. Bon appรฉtit!

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Curry de pois chiches avec figues et abricots

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 5 onces d’abricots sรฉchรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse de jus d’orange
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 1 oignon moyen, hachรฉ
  • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de gingembre frais, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de cumin moulu
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de coriandre moulue
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma moulu
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ deย garam masala
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre de cayenne
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • 1/2 tasse de lait de coconut
  • Sel de mer, au goรปt
  • Garnitures: figues fraรฎches tranchรฉes, oignons verts รฉmincรฉs, coriandre fraรฎche, noix rรดties

Instructions

Trancher les abricots sรฉchรฉs et laisser tremper dans le jus d’orange pendant 30 minutes. Dรฉposer les pois chiches dans une grande casserole et rรฉserver. Chauffer l’huile dans une grande poรชle ร  feu moyen. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce qu’il soit translucide, environ 2 ร  3 minutes. Ajouter l’ail, le gingembre, le cumin, la coriandre moulue, le curcuma, le garam masala et le poivre de cayenne. Cuire, en remuant pendant 2 ร  3 minutes de plus. Ajouter ร  la casserole de pois chiches. the dried apricots and put them in the orange juice to soak for 30 minutes.

Ajouter les abricots et le jus d’orange ร  la casserole. Cuire ร  feu moyen-bas pendant environ 15 ร  20 minutes, en brassant souvent. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements. Ajouter le lait de coconut, en conservant 4 c. ร  soupe de cรดtรฉ pour la garniture. Cuire pendant 5 minutes de plus. Servir sur du riz ou un autre grain. Garnir de lait de coconut, de figues fraรฎches et de coriandre fraรฎche. Bon appรฉtit!

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The South of France with this Chickpea Bouillabaisse

The South of France with this Chickpea Bouillabaisse
The South of France with this Chickpea Bouillabaisse

Reach the South of France with this Chickpea Bouillabaisse. This is a stellar dish that will linger in your mind. It is bright, sunny, and brings your taste buds on a culinary trip on the other side of the ocean.

Traditionally, bouillabaisse is a fish stew that originated in Marseille, a cute port city in the south of France. The fishermen would make a stew with the bony fish they werenโ€™t able to sell to markets or restaurants. There is something wonderfully pleasant about food from that region, with its mediterranean flavor profile and its coastal ingredients.

The recipe for this chickpea bouillabaisse is from Peter Berley and his fantastic book The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen. The touch of saffron takes this dish exactly where it should be. The flavors are on point and the rouille, a spicy red pepper condiment originating from North Africa, is indispensable. Make sure not to omit it. If you like this recipe, try this Kamut Berry, Kidney Bean, and Shiitake Mushroom Soup and this Broccolini with Pine Nuts and Raisins, both also from Peter Berley.

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The South of France with this Chickpea Bouillabaisse

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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For the Bouillabaisse:

  • 2 leeks, white parts sliced, green tops reserved for the broth
  • 2 fennel bulbs, bulbs sliced, outer tough leaves and stalks reserved for the broth
  • Cold water
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 2 teaspoons whole fennel seeds
  • Freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon
  • 46 baby artichokes (I had two big ones)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced (I had about 5)
  • 3/4 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (about two potatoes)
  • 1 can (14-oz) diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups cooked chickpeas (from 2/3 cup dried chickpeas) or one 14-oz can
  • 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads

For the Rouille:

  • 1 slice sourdough bread, crust removed
  • 1 red bell pepper, roasted (I imagine you could always use jarred roasted bell peppers for this, but I roasted mine on the grill, then you let it sit, covered tightly with foil for 10 minutes, and then remove the charred skin)
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • Freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

For the Bouillabaisse:

In a saucepan over high heat, combine the leek tops, fennel stalks, 4 cups of water, wine, and fennel seeds. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes. Strain, reserving the liquid and discarding the solids.

While the broth simmers, fill a medium bowl with cold water and add the lemon juice. Trim the top third of the artichokes and pull away the tough outer leaves until the tender pale leaves are exposed. With a paring knife, trim away the tough portions of the stem, being careful not to cut into the heart. Slice the artichokes in half lengthwise and scoop out the feathery chokes with a spoon. Cut again lengthwise into quarters and place in the lemon water. (Artichokes are time sensitive and become brown very quickly, so try to do this part quickly)

In a soup kettle, over medium heat, warm the olive oil. Add the white part of the leeks and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt. Sautรฉ for about 5 minutes, or until the leeks soften. Add the garlic and cook for two more minutes. Add the fennel, potatoes, tomatoes, chickpeas, and saffron. Pour the broth over the vegetables. Raise the heat and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

Drain the artichokes and add them to the soup kettle. Simmer for 10 minutes longer, or until the artichokes are tender. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Serve with rouille on the side.

For the Rouille:

Soak the bread in 1 cup lukewarm water for about 10 minutes. Squeeze dry and set aside. In a food processor, combine the bread, red pepper, garlic, salt, and cayenne and purรฉe. While purรฉing, add the oil in a stream until the mixture is emulsified. Scrape into a serving bowl and stir in lemon juice to taste. Bon appรฉtit!

Keywords: bouillabaisse, france, french, chickpeas

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Le sud de la France dans votre assiette: bouillabaisse de pois chiches

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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Pour la bouillabaisse:

  • 2 poireaux, les parties blanches tranchรฉes et les parties vertes rรฉservรฉs pour le bouillon
  • 2 bulbes de fenouil, tranchรฉs, les feuilles extรฉrieurs et les tiges rรฉservรฉes pour le bouillon
  • Eau fraรฎche
  • 1/2 tasse de vin blanc sec
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de graine de fenouil entiรจre
  • Jus de 1 citron frais
  • 4 ร  6 bรฉbรฉ artichauts (ou deux gros)
  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • Sel de mer
  • 3 gousses d’ail, tranchรฉes finement (j’en mets 5!)
  • 3/4 livre de pommes de terre, pelรฉes et hachรฉes en morceaux de 1/4 de pouce (environ 2 pommes de terre)
  • 1 boรฎte (14 onces) de tomates en dรฉs
  • 2 tasses de pois chiches cuits (de 2/3 tasse de pois chiches secs, cuits) ou 1 boรฎte de 14 onces
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de safran

Pour la rouille:

  • 1 tranche de pain au levain, sans la croรปte
  • 1 poivron rouge, rรดti (j’imagine que vous pourriez utiliser des poivrons rouges en pot du commerce, mais j’ai grillรฉ le mien sur le grill, j’ai ensuite laissรฉ reposer, couvert, pendant 10 minutes. J’ai ensuite retirรฉ la peau.)
  • 2 gousses d’ail, pelรฉes et entiรจresย 
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de merย 
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre de cayenne
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
  • Un trait de jus de citron frais

Instructions

Pour la bouillabaisse:

Dans une casserole, ร  feu รฉlevรฉ, combiner les parties vertes des poireaux, les tiges de fenouil, 4 tasses d’eau, le vin, et les graines de fenouil. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter pendant 25 ร  30 minutes. Passer au tamis et rรฉserver le liquide.

Pendant que le bouillon mijote, remplir un bol moyen d’eau froide et ajouter le jus de citron. Casser la tige des artichauts ร  la main et enlever les feuilles du bas. Couper la tรชte de l’artichaut ร  l’aide d’un couteau et retirer les feuilles gรชnantes ou pointues. Couper les artichauts en deux, retirer le duvet ร  l’intรฉrieur de chaque moitiรฉ ร  l’aide d’une cuillรจre. Couper les artichauts ร  nouveau et dรฉposer rapidement les quartiers dans l’eau citronnรฉe, afin d’รฉviter qu’ils ne deviennent bruns.

Dans un grand chaudron ร  soupe et ร  feu moyen, chauffer l’huile d’olive. Ajouter la partie blanche des poireaux et 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer. Faire revenir pendant 5 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les poireaux soient tendres. Ajouter l’ail et cuire pendant 2 minutes de plus. Ajouter le fenouil, les pommes de terre, les tomates, les pois chiches et le safran. Verser le bouillon sur les lรฉgumes et porter ร  รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter, partiellement couvert, pendant 30 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les pommes de terre soient tendres.

ร‰goutter les artichauts et ajouter au chaudron ร  soupe. Cuire pendant 10 minutes de plus, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les artichauts soient tendres. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire. Servir avec la rouille.

Pour la rouille:

Tremper le pain dans 1 tasse d’eau tiรจde pendant 10 minutes. Tordre et ajouter au bol d’un robot culinaire. Ajouter le poivron rouge, l’ail, le sel de mer, et le poivre de cayenne. Rรฉduire en purรฉe. Avec le robot en marche, ajouter l’huile en filet, jusqu’ร  รฉmulsion. Transfรฉrer dans un bol de service et ajouter le jus de citron, au goรปt. Servir avec la bouillabaisse. Bon appรฉtit!

Keywords: bouillabaisse, france, pois chiches

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