Summery White Bean Soup

Decided to make a light, white bean soup and serve a little above room temp for dinner tonight.

Putting the beans in to soak overnight:


After the overnight soak, you can see the beans have swelled quite a bit with the water they've taken on:


Seriously...some of the best Tasso you can get...especially good for mail order:


Many people toss the heart of the celery bunch...but for soups and stews, those leaves have a lot of flavor


Tasso is diced....and a little Kagekyio porn:


Primary ingredients assembled in the treehouse:


A masala of cumin, coriander, and kashmiri chile powder:


throw in some smashed garlic:


Now, top with chicken stock and let simmer for 4-5 hours. Service photos to follow...

 

It all makes sense...except the tree house part. Sounds cool, and looks good, but whats the deal with the tree house?

 

You got a tree house? I wanna go play at your house!

 

The masala and Tasso sound like a great combination. Wouldn't have thought to try it. Looks gorgeous. No onion?

 

Heh....just a house that's on a hill, so it looks like a treehouse off the deck...

 

Aww man. I'll take some bean soup anyway.

 

I thought about it, but thought adding carmelized onions would make it a lot heavier. It turned out heavier than I wanted anyway..."cooking light" isn't something I do much of. A little lemon and fresh cilantro lightened it up a bit though, here's a service photo:

 

Looks perfect. Hope you don't mind, I stared the pix and idea with a friend planning on making summer worthy soup.

 

Looks so good I must make this soup!

 

Photos then!