3 rachael black bean soup Recipes

extra-virgin olive oil , 1 turn of the pan, onion, finely chopped, canned or packaged vegetable stock , found on soup aisle, diced tomatoes in juice, black beans, drained, pumpkin puree (found often on the baking aisle), heavy cream, curry powder , 1 palm full, ground cumin , 1/2 palm full, cayenne pepper , eyeball it in the palm of your hand, coarse salt, blades fresh chives, chopped or snipped, for garnish

borlotti beans or other small dried bean of choice, soaked for 4 hours, chicken stock, garlic, crushed, onions, 1/2 peeled, 1 1/2 chopped, salt and freshly ground black pepper, thick peasant style bread, cut into coarse cubes or torn into pieces, evoo , plus some for drizzling at the table, carrots, chopped, ribs celery with leafy tops, chopped, crushed red pepper flakes , 1/3 palmful, fresh bay leaf, herb bundle of fresh parsley , sage, thyme and rosemary, dry white wine, tuscan kale (also known as lacinato or dinosaur) or swiss chard, stemmed and chopped, (about 12 oz trimmed greens), savoy cabbage, cored and chopped , about 2 to 3 cups, a few grates of nutmeg, tomato puree or passata, parmigiano-reggiano rind, plus freshly grated to pass at table, white or red onion, finely chopped