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In breve

The dish in short

  • Dried borlotti beans, potatoes and sauerkraut (capuzi garbi in Trieste), with smoked pork.
  • The sauerkraut simmers on its own with bay leaf and caraway, in the beans' cooking liquid, until it has absorbed it.
  • A dark roux of olive oil, garlic and flour, browned until it darkens, takes the sauerkraut, then everything else.
  • Cooked slowly for at least 40 minutes into a dense, creamy, sour soup.
  • It needs a rest: made in the morning for the evening, and finished with pepper and raw olive oil.

Il video, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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The video: Trieste bean, sauerkraut and potato soup

Trieste's dense winter soup of borlotti beans, potatoes and sauerkraut with smoked pork, bound with a dark roux of olive oil, garlic and flour, and on Italy's list of traditional foods of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
4
Hands-on
30 min
Cooking
3 h 10 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 14 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Soak the borlotti2Rinse the beans, cut the potatoes3Cook them together from cold
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Drain, keeping the liquid5Simmer the sauerkraut in the bean liquid6Brown the roux
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Stir in the sauerkraut8Add the potatoes, the beans and the pork9Cook slowly, at least 40 minutes
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Season11Cool it quickly12Rest in the fridge until the evening
Photos of steps 13, 14
13Bring it back to the boil14Serve with pepper and raw olive oil

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