Name: Zuppa di Natale dei Monti Cimini (Christmas soup)
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: salt; needles from 1 sprig rosemary; small piece dried chile; 11 ounces (300 g) dried chickpeas, soaked and ready to cook; 4 slices stale good-quality bread; 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 11 ounces (300 g) dried chestnuts, soaked and ready to cook; 1 garlic clove

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

About

Ingredients

11 ounces (300 g) dried chickpeas, soaked and ready to cook
11 ounces (3

Method

Cook the chestnuts and the chickpeas together in lightly salted water. When they are tender, mash some of the chickpeas to make the soup creamy. Meanwhile, sauté the garlic, rosemary needles, and chile in the oil. Turn them into the pot with the chestnuts and the chickpeas. Let the flavors blend for a few minutes.

Put the bread in the bottom of a soup tureen and pour the soup over it. L