Chickpea Soup - {Minestra Se Ceci}

Recipe Ingredients

4 1/2 cups	1066ml	Chickpeas
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking soda
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/4 cup	59ml	Extra-virgin olive oil - plus
		More for drizzling
2		Spanish onions
2		Garlic cloves - sliced thin
2		Ripe tomatoes - peeled, seeded, and
		Chopped
12		Italian peasant bread, 1" thick
1		Garlic clove - whole
1		Anchovies in salt - deboned, rinsed,
		And chopped
1/4 cup	10g / 0.4oz	Chopped parsley leaves

Recipe Instructions

Place the chickpeas in a heavy-bottomed pot and just cover with cold water. Add the baking soda and cover. Leave the chickpeas to soak overnight. When they are ready to be used, transfer the chickpeas and the soaking water to a large saucepan. Salt, to taste, and cook over a medium flame until tender.

Cut the onion in half through the root and slice them into half moons, each 1/8-inch thick. In a second large saucepan, heat the 1/4 cup of olive oil over medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and onions and cook until soft and golden brown. Add the tomatoes, rosemary, chili flakes, and salt and pepper, to taste. Add the chickpeas and water and leave to simmer until the flavors have melded, for at least 30 minutes and up to 60 minutes.

Before serving, toast the bread slices, rub with the garlic clove, drizzle them with olive oil, and sprinkle with the chopped anchovies.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali - (Show # MB-2F06) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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