Brazilian Black Bean Soup

• Ingredients
• 2 tb oil; , approximately
• 1 1/2 c onion; , chopped
• 3 cloves garlic; , crushed
• 1 lg carrot; , chopped
• 1 c green or red pepper, chopped-(optional)
• 1 ts ground coriander
• 1 1/2 ts ground cumin
• 1 c orange juice
• 1 tb dry sherry
• 1/4 ts black pepper
• 1/4 ts red pepper
• 1/2 ts fresh lemon juice
• Optional -
• Diced sweet potatoes
• Cut up mango
• Cilantro

1. ADVANCE PREPARATION:
2. 1. Rinse the beans. Cover them with water, and let them soak several
3. hours (at least 4) or overnight.
4. PREPARATION:
5. Pour off excess water from beans. Place beans in saucepan with 3 1/2 cups
6. water or stock and salt. Bring to a boil, cover; simmer 1 1/2 hours over
7. very low heat.
8. 2. Saute onions and garlic in oil. Then add carrot, and green
9. pepper and/ or sweet potato if using. Add a little water to the vegetables to steam them along. Add the coriander and cumin.
10. 3. When everything seems just as it should be, add saute to the beans.
11. Let the soup continue to simmer over lowest possible heat.
12. 4. Add orange juice, sherry, black pepper, red pepper and lemon
13. juice and mango to soup. Give it a stir, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Taste for seasoning. If you wish to thin, add water; if you wish to thicken, puree some or all of the soup in a blender.
14. 5. SERVE topped with sour cream or yogurt. Cilantro if you want

ingredients, oil, onion, garlic, carrot, red pepper, ground coriander, ground cumin, orange juice, sherry, black pepper, red pepper, lemon juice, sweet potatoes, mango, cilantro

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/brazilian-black-bean-soup-50153190 (may not work)