Name: Ciorbă with Beans and Smoked Meats
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 108 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 500 g dried white beans; 500 g smoked pork (knuckle or ribs); 2 pcs onion; 2 pcs carrot; 1 pcs celeriac; 1 pcs parsnip; 1 pcs sweet pepper; 200 g canned tomato; 30 g tomato paste; 1800 ml water; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 3 cloves garlic; 2 leaf bay leaves; 500 ml sour borscht; 20 g fresh parsley; 10 g fresh lovage; 1 to taste salt; 1 to taste ground black pepper

Ingredients

dried white beans500 g

smoked pork (knuckle or ribs)500 g

onion2 pcs

carrot2 pcs

celeriac1 pcs

parsnip1 pcs

sweet pepper1 pcs

canned tomato200 g

tomato paste30 g

water1800 ml

sunflower oil2 tbsp

garlic3 cloves

bay leaves2 leaf

sour borscht500 ml

fresh parsley20 g

fresh lovage10 g

salt1 to taste

ground black pepper1 to taste

Instructions

Rinse the white beans, cover with cold water, and let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain.

Place the smoked pork knuckle or ribs in a pot, cover with water, bring to a boil, and cook for 10 minutes; drain the water, rinse the meat, and cut into pieces.

Cover the beans with fresh water again, add the smoked meat, onion, carrot, celery root, parsnip, and bay leaf. Cover and simmer over low heat for 90–120 minutes, until the beans are tender.

In oil, sauté the second onion and bell pepper for 5–7 minutes. Add the garlic, tomatoes, and tomato paste, and cook for another 5 minutes.

Transfer the vegetable mixture to the pot, add the borsch, and simmer the ciorbă for another 15 minutes.

Season the ciorbă with salt and black pepper to taste, remove from the heat, and let stand covered for 10 minutes.

Sprinkle with parsley and lovage before serving.

Ciorbă with Beans and Smoked Meats

Ingredients

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