White bean soup with bacon
Serves 4
A little effort
Total time:
Brighten a miserable day with this healthy cannellini bean soup topped with a sprinkling of bacon, just 54 calories per serving. Serve with crusty bread and butter for the perfect lunch.
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- 1 onionfinely chopped
- 1 carrotfinely chopped
- olive oil
- 1 clove garliccrushed
- 410g tin white beans or cannellinirinsed and drained
- 500ml chicken or veg stock
- 142ml pot single cream
- 4 rashers streaky baconfinely sliced and fried until crisp
- a few sprigs parsleyfried until crisp
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal54
- fat4g
- saturates0.6g
- carbs3.2g
- fibre2g
- protein1.4g
- salt0.3g
Method
step 1
Fry the onion and carrot in a little oil until soft but not browned, add the garlic and cook for two minutes. Add the beans and cook until warmed through.
Push all the ingredients through a mouli back into a saucepan and add the stock and cream, bring to a simmer and season.
Divide between 4 bowls and sprinkle with bacon and parsley.
