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Pinto bean soup with mint and pine nuts

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Categories: Herbs & Spices, Mint, Nuts, Soups & Stews, Vegetables
Yield: 6
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Ingredients:
2 cupPinto or Anasazi beans
1 tbspSunflower or light olive oil
1 smallOnion, finely minced
1 tspNew Mexican red chile
10 cupWater
Salt
1 cupHalf and half
2 tbspChopped cilantro
2 tbspChopped parsley
2 tbspChives, minced or
4 Scallions, finely sliced
2 tbspPine nuts, toasted
Procedures:
1Soak beans overnight; drain.
2Transfer to a large soup pot and cover the beans with fresh water.
3Bring to a boil for 5 minutes, then drain and rinse them.
4warm the oil in the soup pot, add the onion and chile and briefly cook together.
5Next add the beans and 10 cups of water; bring to a boil.
6Simmer until beans are tender, about 45 minutes for new beans, longer for older beans.
7Season to taste with salt, then continue cooking until they are completely soft.
8puree half the beans and cooking liquid at a time in the blender until smooth.
9Return the puree to the pot.
10Add cream and reheat.
11Chop toasted pine nuts finely.
12Stir in the chopped herbs, reserving some of the chives.
13Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with remaining chives and the pine nuts.
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