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SOUP OF CHICKPEAS AND RIBS

Ingredients (for 6/8 people):

400 gr. of chickpeas

700 gr. of pork ribs

a piece of pork skin

150 potatoes

25 gr. of dry mushrooms

onion

garlic

parsley

sage

tomato souce

salt and pepper

toasted bread

Preparation: at least 15 hours before, put the chickpeas into water. Boil them for tow hours in the same water without lid. In another pot, cook the ribs with the skin in salted water, for a quarter of an hour after boiling.

Drain the chickpeas, cook them in other salted water (2 liters). As soon as they get boiling, add the ribs and the skin, a spoon of tomato sauce melted into water, the softened and minced mushrooms, the peeled entire potatoes, some leaves of sage, a mix of onion, garlic and a spoon of parsley.

When the potatoes are done, smash them and continue cooking them until the the meat is tender. Garnish with slices of toasted bread on which you’ll pour parmesan at your ease.

Special Thanks

Edizioni So.G.Ed srl " Il Piccolo"