Portuguese bean and sausage soup

Ingredients

• 600 g cooked red beans
• 300 g pork ribs
• 1 Portuguese chouriço
• 1 blood sausage
• 3 potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt and pepper to taste

Step-by-step method

1. Simmer the pork ribs in water until tender. Save the broth and remove bones as needed.
2. In another pot, soften onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced carrots and potatoes.
3. Add pork stock, bay leaf and chouriço. Simmer until the vegetables start to soften.
4. Add cooked beans, pork and sliced blood sausage. Cook for a further 10–15 minutes.
5. Adjust salt, remove the bay leaf and serve piping hot.