Georgian-Style Lamb and Bean Soup
A vivid example of Georgian cooking, ready to please the whole family!
Arkady and Svetlana
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Georgian-Style Lamb and Bean Soup
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 37 %
16 g
Fats 33 %
14 g
Carbohydrates 30 %
13 g
256 kcal
GI:
100
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- I cut the lamb into roughly 50-gram (about 2 oz) pieces, put them in a wide pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a simmer, skimming off the foam that rises to the surface with a slotted spoon. I rinse the red beans (fresh from the garden) and soak them briefly in cold water, then add them to the broth and keep cooking. Meanwhile, I sauté thinly sliced onion in ghee and stir that into the simmering soup too. I season the soup with ground pepper and salt and cook it until everything is fully done. Georgian cuisine doesn't have all that many relatively simple recipes — this is one of them. In a couple of hours the soup is ready, with no need to prep anything ahead. It's a lovely way to satisfy your hunger out at the summer house, and making it becomes a fun, not-too-tiring little project — you can even send the kids out to the garden for the beans. Whether to sprinkle the soup with fresh herbs is up to you; I usually do, though some people find herbs unnecessary here. This Georgian lamb and bean soup is a steady favorite with foodies and lovers of simple home cooking alike — which is exactly what it is. The lamb lends an unusual flavor to an everyday bean soup, a dish that shows up on many families' tables. I first saw the recipe on a TV show about country living, and it's been brightening up my menu ever since, turning up almost every month — and much more often in summer.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Lean lamb - 169 kcal/100g
- Fatty lamb - 225 kcal/100g
- Lamb brisket - 533 kcal/100g
- Lamb leg - 232 kcal/100g
- Lamb chop, bone-in - 380 kcal/100g
- Lamb shoulder - 284 kcal/100g
- Lamb loin - 459 kcal/100g
- Beans - 328 kcal/100g
- White beans - 352 kcal/100g
- Scarlet runner beans - 23 kcal/100g
- Frozen beans, packaged (300 g) - 102 kcal/100g
- Ground black pepper - 255 kcal/100g
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Table salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Ghee - 892 kcal/100g
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