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Fabada Asturiana (Spanish White Bean Stew)

Name: Fabada Asturiana (Spanish White Bean Stew)
Prep time: 600 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 660 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: fabes beans, soaked 500 g; chorizo 200 g; morcilla (blood sausage) 150 g; pancetta 100 g; onion, chopped 100 g; saffron 1 g; fine salt 6 g; water 1500 ml

A hearty Asturian white bean stew with chorizo and black pudding.

660 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Fabada is what wet, cold Asturias cooks to warm up on a Sunday: a pot of white beans, chorizo and black pudding that originally used up whatever was hanging in the larder. The chorizo renders through the long simmer and is what gives the broth its body. The beans must stay whole, which means patience rather than heat does almost all of the cooking.

Ingredients

fabes beans, soaked500 g
chorizo200 g
morcilla (blood sausage)150 g
pancetta100 g
onion, chopped100 g
saffron1 g
fine salt6 g
water1500 ml

Directions

1
Soak beans 10 hours.
2
Cover beans with water; add saffron, onion, salt and meats.
3
Simmer covered at low heat for 50 minutes; do not stir.
4
Rest 5 minutes; serve.

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