Snap-Dragon's "Stone Soup"

Serves: 5

Llewellyn Gorczany

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

43

Sweetness

55

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

450 g

Borlotti

1

Salt

Directions:

1

Put the stone in a large sauce pan

2

Add water to cover it by 3 inches

3

Boil for 1 minute

4

Add the beans, celery, parsley, tomatoes, splash of olive oil, garlic and carrot

5

Cook on a low heat for 30 minutes

6

Put a ladleful of soup in a blender and whiz for 10 seconds

7

Pour back into the pot

8

Add the salt and pepper

9

Cook for 10 minutes more

10

Boil up the tiny pasta in lots of salted water

11

When it's cooked (not too soft), drain it and add to the soup

12

If it looks too thick, add a bit of pasta cooking water so it's soupy

13

Put the basil in blender

14

Whiz for 10 seconds with 1/4 cup of olive oil and a teaspoon of salt

15

To serve: Ladle the soup into warm bowls and dribble on some basil oil and a sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese