Fassolada (Greek bean soup)
Posted on Oct 27, 2010 in Main Dishes | 20 comments
INGREDIENTS
- 500gr medium beans
- 2-3 carrots cut in washers
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2-3 celery stalks (cut into pieces or whole if you want to remove at the end)
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 tomatoes, pureed
- parsley
- salt, pepper
METHOD
- In a large bowl, add hot water with some salt and add and leave the beans for 12 hours to rise.
- Drain beans and place in a pressure cooker with carrots, onion, celery, olive oil, tomatoes, parsley and 3-4 cups water.
- Close the pressure cooker and let the ingredients boil for about 20′ (time is proportional to the pressure cooker, so cook as you usually cook legumes).
- When cooking time finished, let the pressure cooker to cool, open it, add some salt if needed and pepper and put it again to the heat to boil for 10′ so the broth thickens.
TIP: Serve with feta cheese.
I am Livya from Greece, I'm 27 years old, I love cooking and I work as graphic-web designer.
Oh, I am so on this. Soup season is beginning, and this looks like a great addition to the rotation!
yes Rich! it’s soup season and I love it!
Since I don’t own a pressure cooker, I would cook this fabulous soup in a slow-cooker, and I am quite sure it would be amazing.
Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
elisabeth it doesn’t matter if you cook it in a slow-cooker… actually they will be more tasty!
I mention the pressure cooker because you can cook quickly.
What a wonderful, comforting soup! Great recipe
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thank you Susi!
Sounds like a delicious, hearty soup; great for a cool autumn day!
actually Kristen is one of my favorite soups on winter!
My family makes a similar version of this soup as well. It’s perfect for this time of year with a nice toast.
Good golly… this looks SOOO yummy! I’m excited to go pick a bean I want to make with this now! Is it alright if I just do it on the stove if I do not have a pressure cooker?
hello Hester! thank you for the visit and the comment!
yes, it’s ok to cook it on the stove, but it will take more time.
Such a nice, hearty looking soup!
one greek friend reccomend to boil beans with some mustard, after drain to boil second time. do u use it that way also or it s his make up?
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Φαινεται υπεροχη !!!
dont reply back greek coz i dont know greek;)
σε ευχαριστώ! ( =thank you )
I have never heard the version with mustard that you said! but I would try it to see if there is any difference…
mmm looks yummy I LOVE it, we call it Fassolya
Looks great and yummy ! :p in Turkey we call this bean Fasulye , I think almost same ya… Like it, can I add some meatball in it?
Soup is my obsession…. this looks AMAZINGLY delicious!! So many great flavors!
I cannot wait to make this for Dimitrios (aka: husband)!
Yummy! I love beans and soup with them is great!
For some reason this screams springtime to me!
Maybe because it’s a broth soup and I’ve been having so many creamy soups this winter. Looks amazing!