About this dish
A rich soup of twelve grains and legumes with salt cod, traditionally eaten during Holy Week.
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Ingredients
🐟300g salt cod, soaked
🫘2 cups mixed beans and grains
🥛2 cups milk
🎃1 cup squash, cubed
Method
Serves 41
Soak and cook each of the twelve grains and legumes separately until tender.2
Simmer the salt cod in milk until flaked.3
Combine all the grains, beans, squash, and cod together with more milk.4
Simmer everything together until thickened and well combined.5
Serve topped with hard-boiled egg, fried plantain, and parsley.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Fanesca is a traditional Ecuadorian Lenten soup, its twelve grains symbolizing the twelve apostles.
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