Chickpea soup

Ingredients for 10 people

• 1 kg of dried chickpeas
• 200 kg of raisins
• 200 kg of dried figs
• 1 kg of homemade bread
• Garlic to taste
• Oil to taste
• Rosemary to taste
• Salt g.b.

Method
The chickpeas are soaked the night before.

They are washed well and put to boil in a saucepan, over low heat, with garlic and rosemary; after a while they are salted; they are cooked and dressed with raw olive oil.

In the meantime the slices of bread are toasted and then placed on the bottom of a tureen; a layer of raisins and dried figs cut into small pieces is spread over it; cover everything with chickpeas and the still boiling cooking broth; the layers continue to be made until all the ingredients are used up.

The container is covered; let the soup rest for a while and serve still steaming hot.

Recommended wine
Controguerra D.O.C. white

This was one of the main dishes of the Christmas Eve dinner.