Chorizo, Cannellini Beans and Chick Peas

Method

• step 1

  Soften up the onions in a heavy bottom stew pot or pan over a medium heat for a few minutes with a few glugs of olive oil but don’t let them catch. Once softened, add your Chorizo, garlic, anchovies and bay leaves. Once the Chorizo has softened a bit and let out some of that rusty oil (about 5 or 6 minutes) add your celery sticks, tomato puree and thyme.

• step 2

  At this point add some salt and pepper but go easy on the salt, you can adjust later plus the olives and anchovies do a fine job of adding much needed seasoning. Throw in your beans, peas, olives, the paprika and a few sprigs of lemon thyme. Now, give it few minutes of stirring to combine all of the flavours but go gently or you’ll destroy the Cannellini Beans.

• step 3

  Add the white wine. Give it a minute to simmer then pour in just enough stock to cover. I used chicken stock because we had a batch left over from another night and it worked perfectly.

• step 4

  Pop half a small lemon into the pot to balance the richness. Get it to a simmer, turn the heat right down and cover. Walk away for 30 minutes.

• step 5

  Give it a stir, turn the heat up a touch and leave it uncovered for a further five to ten minutes. Use this time to chop some parsley and slice up some sourdough bread.

• step 6

  And there it is. Along with the parsley we grated some Manchego over the top to feel super Spanish. This will feed four people with the addition of a basic salad, or two very greedy people.