Swiss Chard and Green Bean Soup - Recipe

[adam-alexander]

Ideal for using up the chard and beans that have gone mad!!

To serve 2

1 small onion chopped
a small garlic clove chopped
Olive oil
1/4 tsp roast and ground cumin seed
about 1/2 lb Swiss chard, or spinach or a mixture of both, chop stalks and roughly shred leaves.
3-4oz green beans, French, runners or broad beans or shelled peas or a mixture of any of them - strip any strings off the French or runner beans and chop into 1" pieces.
chopped mint or dill leaves
3/4 pt veg. stock.

Heat the oil in a pan, sweat the onion, garlic and ground cumin for a few minutes, add the chard, beans, mint and the stock. Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes or until all soft.

Cool slightly, then process in a blender until very smooth. Return to the pan and reheat.

Serve in warm soup plates, garnish with some olive oil and lemon juice whisked together, a dusting of nutmeg and slivers of Parmesan cheese. Some warm ciabattas, crusty rolls or good bread goes well with this.

[Marigold]

Rescuing rainbow chard the invading cattle trampled and ditto beans so may try this with some small adaptations... Thank you.

[Elton]

Good one recipe to make Swiss chard and green beans soup.
It's new for me, I never tried it. Now I have to try it to taste something new. Thanks for sharing it.

[Westi]

Glad you resurrected this - my Swiss chard got a bit of mildew & was looking sad but now got new growth due to mild weather so got rid of the worst of the bad leaves & had a wonderful clean harvest - will have to buy the beans though!

Westi