Sopa De Garbanzos (chick Pea Soup)

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 lb dried garbanzo beans, soaked overnight in 4 cups salted water
• 1 lb pig's foot
• 1 slice bacon, chopped
• 1 ounce ham, chopped
• 1 chorizo sausage or 1 sweet italian sausage, cut into 1/2 inch rounds
• 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper)
• 1/4 cup red pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper)
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped (about 1/2 a medium onion)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 6 cups water
• 1/2 lb pumpkin or 3/4 lb butternut squash, peeled and diced
• 2 fresh cilantro stems (leaves and stems) or 2 fresh parsley sprigs, chopped (leaves and stems)
• 1/2 lb potato, peeled and diced
• 1 lb cabbage, chopped
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• kosher salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 drain beans and set aside.
• 2 in a large dutch oven (or pressure cooker), over medium heat, brown bacon to render some fat; add ham and sausage and brown them a little as well.
• 3 add peppers and onion; saute until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• 4 add garlic and saute a minute or so.
• 5 add water, pumpkin or squash (okay, pumpkin is squash), cilantro or parsley, potatoes, and cabbage; stir in tomato paste.
• 6 return pigs feet and add beans to pot; cover and cook 1 1/2 hours (if using pressure cooker - 1 hour).
• 7 open pot, taste for salt and add, if necessary.