Recipes/Americas/Mexican/Black Bean Soup

Black Bean Soup

Serves: 6

Cooking: 2½ hours

Preparation: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

225g/8oz

dried black beans

 2 litres/3½ pints

 cold water

 2

 tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and sliced

90ml/6 tbsp

dry sherry

1.25ml/¼ tsp

oregano

1 medium

onion, peeled and finely chopped

1 small

red chilli, finely chopped (leave seeds in to retain full heat)

20ml/4 tsp

salt

15ml/3 tsp

freshly ground black pepper

Method:

Rinse the beans and cook in a large saucepan with the water for 1½-2 hours or almost tender.

In a separate pan, heat the oil and sauté the chilli, garlic and onion until soft.

Stir in the tomatoes and add this mixture to the cooking beans.

Season with the salt, pepper and oregano and continue to cook until the beans are soft enough to mash.

Sieve or liquidise the bean mixture, return to the pan, heat through and stir in the sherry before serving.