Fasolada Me Chirino Bean Broth With Pork
From hungerhealer 14 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 5
This is Greek , traditinoal , authentic , winter dish , having its origin from the northern parts of Greece ( Macedonia and Thrace ) . Around the city of Florina , north-western Greece , white giant beans are extensively cultivated . Read more These beans are concidered as being of the best quality , worldwide !! Very tasty , they boil quickly and they are used in many recipes !! As a brothy soup , together with pork , they are greatly enjoyed due to the extremely cold weather in winter !! Together with a slice of steaming home-made bread and a glass of fine white wine ( preferrably "amethystos " from the Lazaride's vineyards ) , this dish will tantalise your taste buds to paradise ... See less
Ingredients
- 1/2 Kg white beans shopping list
- 1/2 Kg pork meat ( " boston butt " or " neck " ) , diced 1 inch x 1 inch shopping list
- 1/2 glass extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 2 tbsp. fresh butter shopping list
- 2 large onions , cutt into quarters shopping list
- 1 fistful finely chopped celery stalks shopping list
- 5 cloves garlic , finely sliced shopping list
- 2 laurel leaves shopping list
- 1 small hot chili ( optional ) shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- love and passion for cooking !! shopping list
How to make it
- The night before cooking , place the beans in a bowl and add water until it covers them and add a tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate .
- This will tenderise the beans , needing less time to cook .
- Rince the beans thouroughly , place them in a sauce pan and add COLD water until it covers them about 3 cm .
- Bring to boil , simmer for 15 min and discard the froth that is created , as they boil .
- Rince again , discarding the water they boiled in , place them in the sauce pan again , add COLD water just as above .
- Bring to boil and then , lower the temp to simmer .
- Add the olive oil , onions , celery , garlic , laurel leaves and spices .
- In a non-sticky pan , stir-fry the pork dices with the butter until brown .
- Add the pork dices with the melted butter in the sauce pan .
- Slowly simmer for about 80 min until the beans and meat are tender , being careful to check , every now and then , adding some HOT water if needed .
- If you want the dish brothy , simmer more to evaporate water .
- If you want the dish "soupy" add some HOT water.
- Kali orexi ( bon appetite )
People Who Like This Dish 4
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Your dish sounds fantastic. Can wait to make it. Well done and Thank you................
unicorn4
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Just like my Grandmas.
floridiangourmet
in Hudson loved it
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Sound delicious! Thank you for sharing =)
shandy
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