Carpino fava bean soup with potatoes and squash
A Gargano soup: dried broad beans from Carpino, cooked in a clay pot with onions, then combined with Jerusalem artichokes and garlic-infused pumpkins.
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
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
- The day before, soak the broad beans. The following day, remove the small black sprouts.
- Place them in a large, earthenware pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil, adding more water as needed to compensate for evaporation.
- Halfway through the cooking process, add the finely chopped onion. ≈ 3 min
- Cut the apples and the pumpkin into large chunks. ≈ 8 min
- In a saucepan, sauté the garlic and bay leaf in the oil, then add the vegetables and just enough water to cook them.
- 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.
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