Black Cabbage And Spelled Soup

Preparation:

Preparation: Soak the beans and spelled separately in a bowl with plenty of water for 8 hours; then drain them and cook the beans in a saucepan with plenty of water for about 2 hours over low heat. Peel the onion and a clove of garlic; scrape and wash a carrot and a stalk of celery; peel the black cabbage and wash it; peel the potatoes; then cut everything into pieces and 40 minutes before the end of cooking, add it to the beans together with the washed sage. Half an hour before the beans are finished cooking, put the spelled to boil in a saucepan with salted water for 20 minutes, calculating the time from the start of the boil. Peel the remaining garlic clove; scrape the other carrot and the other rib of celery then wash and chop them and put everything to fry in a saucepan with 2 tablespoons of oil. When the garlic is golden, remove it, add the tomato puree diluted in half a glass of water and cook for 5 minutes. As soon as the spelled is cooked, drain it and add it to the beans together with the sautéed mixture. Season the preparation with salt, if necessary, and cook for another quarter of an hour; at the end, add the remaining oil and serve the minestrone hot or cold.