Sylvie’s Charlevoix Broad Bean Soup
My Aunt Loraine’s recipe for this simple peasant soup from Charlevoix. Hearty, comforting, and even better the next day – a taste of my childhood.
2 hours
12 cups
70 calories
Ingredients
2 cups shelled broad beans
1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup pearl barley
1 onion, whole
1 medium carrot, whole
1 small turnip, whole
1⁄4 - 1⁄2 lb (113 - 225 g) piece salted pork, whole
3 tbsp Herbes Provencales
12 cups cold water
Sea Salt, to taste
Black Pepper, to taste
Instructions
Place first 7 ingredients in a large pot. Add water.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and simmer 2 hours. Skim any fat that rises to the top.
Remove onion, carrot, and turnip. Purée and return to soup, stirring to combine.
Remove pork. Season with Salt and Pepper.
Nutritional Information
Per serving: Calories 70, Fat 3 g (Saturated 1 g, Trans 0 g), Cholesterol 5 mg, Sodium 45 mg, Carbohydrate 6 g (Fiber 2 g, Sugars 1 g), Protein 2 g.