Traditional Portuguese Alentejo Bean Soup

1. Place the beans in water.
2. The next day cook the beans in the same water with salt and a drizzle of olive oil in a pressure cooker for 18 minutes.
3. After the beans are cooked, place the cooking water in a pan, combine the olive oil, the onion, the garlic cloves, the carrots, the leek, the tomato, the pumpkin, the turnip and the cabbage.
4. Season with the white and sweet pepper and let it cook on a low heat until everything is cooked.
5. Add the beans and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Accompany this soup with fried fish.

Recipe & Photo Credit: Julieta Venâncio