Anybody here got a good Greek bean "fasolada" soup recipe?

[CTyankee]

Our local diner has a Turkish chef, but since it is Greek owned he makes this soup fresh every Wednesday. It's worth a trip to this diner just for this soup!I've been looking up recipes on line and wonder about the following:

canned or fresh (roma) tomatoes (until we get summer ones in)?

tomato paste (some recipes have it and some don't)?

Fresh flat leaf parsley? (some have it some don't)

ditto dill?

white beans (I have navy beans, is that OK?)

The rest of the ingredients are onion, carrots, celery and olive oil. Anything else?

[yellerpup]

1. Could this be it?

http://www.greekhomerecipes.com/fasolada.html

Looks pretty close. :hi:

[CTyankee]

2. I like that recipe. The soup this chef makes uses smaller white beans and

it is less dense with the beans...I don't notice any parsley in his soup but it couldn't hurt!

[yellerpup]

3. Parsley is always good.

Unless it's baking, I take most recipes as suggestions anyway. Let us know how it turns out.

[EFerrari]

5. That's about the recipe I use for lentil soup

except I stick in some fresh spinach, cumin & coriander, maybe a little bit of sausage depending on the eaters.

Big Roma tomato fan here. They keep their shape beautifully. I never peel them, though.

[tigereye]

4. Greek food is so, so good

one of my favorite foods. I learned to love Greek food when I worked as a waitress in a Greek restaurant. The tiropita was heavenly. There used to be another wonderful Greek restaurant here, that was one of our favorites, and sadly closed down some years ago. :(


I make other Greek dishes, but soup is one I have never tried. Cool idea!