This soup was the result of a craving for leeks and rosemary potatoes, and a lack of vegetable bullion (thank you, Fine Fare, for only selling beef, chicken, and shrimp bullion cubes). This is also a LOT of soup. I can only cook in the quantities of the bunches they sell at the farmers’ market. I apologize for a complete lack of measurements – any numbers below may as well be made up. Just add things until your proportions look / smell like something you would want to eat.
leeks (5 or 6?)
carrots (also 5 or 6?)
potatoes (7 or 8 small ones)
white beans (1 lb dry, or more if you like beans)
zucchini (I had 3 really gigantic ones, so 4-5 normal ones)
rosemary (preferably fresh, chopped a little) (lots of it)
fennel seed (ground, if possible) (lots of it)
garlic (chopped) (~ 5 or 6 cloves)
green tea (in a tea bag, preferably) (2 tea bags)
salt
black pepper
olive oil
white vinegar
Put the beans in a vessel of sorts to soak in water for about 1 hr. Start about 2(ish) gallons of water boiling in a stock pot. Add rosemary, fennel, and green tea. Let this boil while you chop your potatoes, leeks, carrots, and zucchini (bite-sized kind of pieces, but not so small that they will disappear in the soup, like potatoes and zucchini do sometimes).
Sometime in the middle of cutting vegetables, toss about half of the chopped garlic into the water. Add a few tablespoons of olive oil (3? 4?) and a couple of tablespoons of vinegar. Toss in some salt as well. This does not all need to boil for the full hour that the beans are soaking, as long as it stays hot. You can also steep the herbs in water for longer if you want.
After the beans have soaked, add them to the water and bring it to a boil again. When the beans are almost done (just squish one or taste one – they should still be a little bit hard, but chewable), add the potatoes. Keep a close eye on these. Once they start to get a little bit soft, add the zucchini, carrots, and leeks. Add salt, pepper, garlic, etc. to taste. Once the vegetables are cooked to a tenderness that you like (and the potatoes and beans are all the way done), you’re ready! yay soup!
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yay soup!