Bean Soup in Homemade Bread Bowls

This Bean Soup is one of my family’s favorite soups. It is rich and delicious and is perfect for any season. For cold winter days, you can add smoked meat to enrich its nutrient value. For summer days you can make a lighter soup with no meat at all. Serve this soup with fresh red onion, sour cream, and freshly baked bread. It is a real treat.

Bean soup is also a great option for those who are looking for a budget-friendly meal. Beans are relatively inexpensive and a great choice for making delicious and satisfying dishes that can be enjoyed by the whole family. 

How to make Bean Soup

First, soak the beans in cold water overnight. Drain the beans and rinse them in cold water. Place the beans in a large pot with smoked pork, water and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.

In the meanwhile chop up the onion, carrot, bell pepper and celery root. Heat oil in a medium stock pot over medium-high heat and cook onion for about 5 minutes until soft. Stir in carrot, and celery root and cook for another 5 minutes. Add red pepper and cook for 1 minute more.  Transfer to the bean pot and simmer for another 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Add the tomato paste and paprika to the pot and cook for another 30 minutes. When all the vegetables and beans are tender mix the sour cream with the egg yolk and parsley in a large bowl, add 2 ladles of hot soup, stir well and add to the pot. Let boil for 1 minute and remove from heat. 

Serve with fresh red onion and freshly baked bread. You can also serve this soup in freshly baked bread bowls by cutting the top off and spooning the interior out leaving only 2 inches of bread crumbs on the edges.

At restaurants, this soup is often served in bread bowls which makes an amazing presentation, So I wanted to share with you how you can make bread bowls at home. I hope you will try this Bean Soup in Bread Bowls as it’s a comforting dish and a great culinary experience. Tag me on Instagram if you do and enjoy as we sure did.

bean soup in bread bowls

OTHER SOUPS YOU MAY LIKE:

Minestrone Soup

Cauliflower Cream Soup

Turnip Soup

bean soup with bread bowls

Bean Soup

5 from 1 vote
This Bean Soup is one of my family's favorite soups. It is rich and delicious and is perfect for any season. When served with fresh red onion, sour cream and freshly baked bread this soup is a real treat.
Servings 10 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g pinto bean
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 3/4 cup celery root
  • 350 g smoked pork meat (smoked ham, bacon or smoked ham hocks)- optional
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 2.5 liters water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 150 g tomato paste
  • 3/4 cup fresh parsley , chopped
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 200 ml sour cream
  • 1 egg yolk

Bread Bowls (Makes 2 bread bowls)

  • 4 cups flour
  • 350 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 25 g fresh yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast)

Sesame topping (optional)

  • 100 ml water
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp sugar
  • sesame seeds

Instructions
 

  • Soak the beans in cold water overnight. Drain the beans and rinse them in cold water. Place the beans in a large pot with smoked pork, water and bay leaves and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.
  • In the meanwhile chop up the onion, carrot, bell pepper and the celery root. Heat oil in a medium stock pot over medium-high heat and cook onion for about 5 minutes until soft. Stir in  carrot, celery root and cook another 5 minutes. Add red pepper and cook 1 minute more. Add them to the bean pot and simmer for another 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Add the tomato paste and paprika to the pot and cook for another 30 minutes. When all the vegetables and beans are tender mix the sour cream with the egg yolk and parsley in a large bowl, add 2 ladles of hot soup, stir well and add to the pot. Let boil for 1 minute and remove from heat. 
  • Serve with fresh red onion and freshly baked bread. You can also serve this soup in freshly baked bread bowls by cutting the top off and spooning the interior out leaving only 2 inches of bread inside.
  • To prepare the bread bowls. In a large bowl, mix flour with salt. Dissolve the fresh yeast in water and add to the flour mixture. Mix everything together and knead until the dough is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl. Cover it and let it rest for about 1 hour at room temperature, to let the dough rise until doubled in size.
  • Divide the dough in two pieces and shape them into balls. Take two high small round pots (mine were 13 cm in diameter and 8 cm high), grease them with a little oil and add the dough balls. 
  • Preheat the oven to 180 (350F).
  • If you want to add sesame seeds on top of the bread bowls, you need to make a sort of syrup so the sesame seeds won't fall. So bring the water with sugar and salt to a boil, and let it boil until almost all the water has evaporated, and remains only a white syrup.
  • Brush the bread bowls with syrup (you will probably won't need all the syrup) and sprinkle sesame seeds. If you want you can press the seeds gently with your hand to make sure they stick.
  • Bake for about 50-60 minutes until golden brown and have a thick crust to be able to keep the soup until served. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 310kcalCarbohydrates: 39.6gProtein: 19gFat: 8.7gSaturated Fat: 3.2gCholesterol: 49mgSugar: 5.3g
Calories: 310kcal
Course: Bread, Soup
Cuisine: Romanian
Keyword: bean, bread bowl, soup

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  1. Marius Author says:

    The BEST soup ever!!! Yummy!!!

  2. Viviane Bauquet Farre Author says:

    Oh I love paprika in a soup! The breadbowl looks fantastic and the entire presentation is quite striking. These would make for a very impressive lunch party!

  3. Kiri W Author says:

    Wow, this looks amazing! 🙂 Love bean soup, and bread bowls are such a wonderful serving way.

  4. Asiya Author says:

    Fabulous! I love the bread bowls..very cute!

  5. sara Author says:

    this looks yummy…do you have a recipe for the bread bowls?

    1. Ella-HomeCookingAdventure Author says:

      Yes, I will post it too, hope this week or later next week. 

    2. Ella-HomeCookingAdventure Author says:

      The recipe of bread bowls is posted. Sorry for the delay.

  6. Jacqui Thomas Author says:

    This looks very interesting, I can’t wait to try it out, can you please forward the recipe for the bread bowls as well .. Thank you so much 🙂

    1. Ella-HomeCookingAdventure Author says:

      I just posted the recipe for the bread bowls. Sorry for the delay!

  7. annieO Author says:

    For the sesame seeds: Instead of making a syrup, you can use the white from the egg used in the soup. Beat it just slightly and brush on the bread tops and then press the seeds on. That’s how I’ve always done it with my bread loaves.
    Your bean soup sounds good!

    1. Ella-HomeCookingAdventure Author says:

      Yes, you are right, this is a very good idea.:) Thanks for sharing. The idea with the syrup remain good to in case you don't have any egg white available and you just want to make the bowls. I hope you try this bean soup, it is delicious. 

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