Ingredients:
200 g. Bacon
200 g. Portuguese Chorizo (can be substituted with Spanish chorizo)
1 large onion, diced
3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
3 carrots, diced
3-4 medium-sized potatoes, diced
half a head of white cabbage, shredded
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
minced parsley
300 gr. White beans, (soaked overnight), or 2 cans white beans
Place the beans in a bowl the night before, fill with water and allow to soak overnight. The following day cook the bacon in the soup pot until the fat sweats out. Removed the bacon leaving some of the fat drippings. Then add the onion and carrot and cook until softened, 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic and continue cooking 2 minutes. Add the bay leaf, paprika, salt and pepper. Continue cooking for a few more minutes. Next, add the cabbage and sautee and few minutes. Then add the beans, chorizo, and potatoes and add enough water so that everything is covered by an inch. Bring the soup to a boil, when boiling, reduced to low-medium and cook for about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours until the beans are soft. Best made a day before. Serve with a nice Portuguese white wine like Vinho Verde.
