Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 1 large Spanish onion, diced
- 1 medium carrot, diced
- 1 celery stick, diced
- 1 gram 120 (4 oz) mild chorizo cut into cm cubes
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves (I use 1 teaspoon of dried sometimes)
- 2 smalls dried red chillies, crushed (I omit these because of the kids)
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes (or 2 roughly chopped fresh tomatoes)
- 500 grams (about a pound) cooked, peeled chestnuts (although you can get them fresh here, I usually use vacuum packed because I detest pee
- 4 tablespoons 20 saffron threads infused in 3- boiling water
- 1 liter (about 2 cups) of water
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Course: soup