This is my current favourite soup to make. It's especially good with home made chicken stock (recipe here) and leftover pieces of chicken from a roast, but if you use any decent chicken stock and leave out the chicken it'll still be good.
Ingredients
180g chopped chorizo
1 large red onion, chopped
1 leek, chopped
1 large carrot, diced
1 tsp oregano
2 bay leaves
1 tsp paprika
1 crushed clove garlic
1.2l chicken stock
1tbsp tomato puree
3 or 4 chopped freh tomatoes
2 tins beans (butter beans and black/borlotti beans are my favourites)
handful chopped cooked chicken (optional)
large handful sliced savoy cavage
80g mini pasta shells
-Start to fry off the chorizo in a dry soup pot
-Once the oil from the chorizo has coated the pan, add your chopped veg and herbs and continue to sweat on a medium to low heat until soft.
-Add the garlic and paprika a couple of minutes before the stock, tomaotes and puree
-Simmer for around 15mins before adding the rest of the ingredients.
-Simmer for a final 10 mins or until everything's cooked, season to taste, and serve.
