Basic Recipe for Fresh Legume Stew

Name: Basic Recipe for Fresh Legume Stew (Receta Bàsica Para Legumbres o Granos Frescos)
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 6 cups water; 1 pound fresh legumes; 3 sweet chili peppers, seeded, chopped; 1 green pepper, seeded, chopped; 1 onion, peeled, chopped; 2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced; 1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil; ¾ pound pumpkin, peeled and cut into pieces; 2 teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon whole dried orégano, crushed; ¼ cup tomato sauce; 2 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped; 6 fresh culantro leaves, chopped

Receta Bàsica Para Legumbres o Granos Frescos

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

1 pound fresh legumes
6 cups water
¾ pound<

Americas
Stew
Gluten-free
Puerto Rico
Caribbean

Method

Pick over beans, discarding any foreign particles or shriveled ones. Wash in several changes of water.
Drain beans and place in an 8-quart pot, together with rest of ingredients included in A. Heat to boiling, cover, and cook over moderate heat for 45 minutes, or until beans are almost tender.
Meanwhile, prepare sofri