Although this is technically a meat dish, it can easily be converted to vegetarian (see the end of the recipe for details). Cooked to perfection using the SOUP function of your rice cooker
Place knob of butter in a pan and fry the onions and garlic until they are slightly caramelised. Add a splash of water to the pan and the dessertspoon of tomato puree and a sprinkle of black pepper. Coat the onions in the melted tomato puree and add the can of whole plum tomatoes and roughly chop with the spoon.
Add the hot water (you don’t have to use the whole amount if you don’t want to), beef stock cube, vegetables, sugar, herbs, salt and paprika and leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning, at this point it may need a little more sugar, salt, pepper and paprika.
Stir in the kidney beans and elbow macaroni and simmer for another 10 minutes. Thicken the soup with the cornflour and water and continue to cook until the pasta is ready to eat.
Once ready, serve into bowls and add the strips of smoked ham on top as a garnish and serve with a nice warm roll or oatcakes.
Ingredients
Directions
Place knob of butter in a pan and fry the onions and garlic until they are slightly caramelised. Add a splash of water to the pan and the dessertspoon of tomato puree and a sprinkle of black pepper. Coat the onions in the melted tomato puree and add the can of whole plum tomatoes and roughly chop with the spoon.
Add the hot water (you don’t have to use the whole amount if you don’t want to), beef stock cube, vegetables, sugar, herbs, salt and paprika and leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning, at this point it may need a little more sugar, salt, pepper and paprika.
Stir in the kidney beans and elbow macaroni and simmer for another 10 minutes. Thicken the soup with the cornflour and water and continue to cook until the pasta is ready to eat.
Once ready, serve into bowls and add the strips of smoked ham on top as a garnish and serve with a nice warm roll or oatcakes.
**To convert to a vegetarian recipe replace the beef stock cube with vegetable stock cube and you can add more or different types of beans instead of the ham or even some chunks of smoked tofu.