Chorizo & chickpea soup

Comfort food in Spain. Comfort food anywhere it travels. Real ingredients, a few clean steps, a quiet kitchen.

Total time

1 hour

Serves

Difficulty

Moderate

Origin

Spain, regional cocina

Treat the Tinned Tomatos as the lead, not a footnote. Source the best you can find and the dish lifts itself.

Cheap pans are fine. Heavy bottoms matter, brand names do not. A solid cast iron will outlast you.

Render the fat slowly before any colour goes on the meat. Rushing this step gives you grey meat sitting in a pool of oil.