Carpino fava bean soup with potatoes and squash

Carpino fava bean soup with potatoes and squash

Main dishes

A Gargano soup: dried broad beans from Carpino, cooked in a clay pot with onions, then combined with Jerusalem artichokes and garlic-infused pumpkins.

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Discover this typical soup from the Foggia region, which is both delicious and rich in broad beans.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Resting12 hr
  • Total13 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$4.14 $1.04 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $3.01
  • $0.21
  • $0.21
  • $0.09
  • $0.59
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. The day before, soak the broad beans. The following day, remove the small black sprouts.
  2. Place them in a large, earthenware pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil, adding more water as needed to compensate for evaporation.
  3. Halfway through the cooking process, add the finely chopped onion. ≈ 3 min
  4. Cut the apples and the pumpkin into large chunks. ≈ 8 min
  5. In a saucepan, sauté the garlic and bay leaf in the oil, then add the vegetables and just enough water to cook them.
  6. Towards the end of cooking, add the cooked broad beans, season with salt, and drizzle with fresh olive oil. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Carpino fava bean soup with potatoes and squash

  • 200 g of dried broad beans$3.01
  • 100 g of ground apples$0.21
  • 1 new onion$0.21
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • extra virgin olive oil$0.59
  • salt$0.03

Total$4.14

that's $1.04 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 g of dried broad beans
  • 50 g of butternut squash
  • 100 g of ground apples
  • 1 new onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • One bay leaf
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt

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