Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 tb Olive oil
1 ea Onion, roughly sliced
3 ea Celery sticks, sliced
3 ea Garlic cloves, crushed
28 oz Cannellini beans, cooked
1 1/2 pt Stock
1 ea Thyme sprig
Savoury
Parsley, to garnish

--------------------------CROUTONS-------------------------------
2 sl White bread, crusts removed
2 tb Olive oil
2 ea Garlic cloves, left whole

Heat oil in a soup pot cook the onion, celery garlic until soft.
Stir in the beans, stock thyme. Simmer gently for 20 minutes.

Remove thyme process the cooked ingredients until smooth. Adjust
seasonings. The souip can be chilled at this stage until needed.

To make the croutons, cut bread into small, bite-sized pieces. Heat
oil in a skillet with the garlic cloves. Sizzle the garlic then
add the bread cubes. Cook, stirring constantly, until the cubes are
uniformly golden brown. Drain.

When ready to serve, reheat the soup. Stir in the parsley sprinkle
with croutons.

"BBC Vegetarian" January, 1996

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