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    my girlfriend makes this chickpea and chorizo stew with veggie sausages all the time.

    It's fairly easy and nice...

    Chorizo and chickpea stew

    I have made this with dried, soaked and boiled chickpeas, and with the canned variety. I have to say the former is better. Serves 4 as a hearty supper.

    250g dried chickpeas

    3 medium onions

    2 tbsp olive oil

    4 cloves of garlic

    2 carrots

    2 tsp hot smoked paprika

    700g tomato passata or crushed tomatoes

    500ml water

    700g boiling chorizo

    Check the chickpeas for grit or stones. Put them in a deep bowl and cover them in cold water. Leave them to soak overnight. If you are using tinned chickpeas, skip this bit.

    Next day, put the chickpeas in a deep, heavy-based pan, cover with fresh water and bring them to the boil. Let them cook for an hour and a quarter till they will crush easily between your thumb and forefinger.

    Peel the onions and chop them roughly, then put them in a heavy-based casserole with the olive oil. Let them soften over a moderate heat, occasionally stirring them.

    Peel and finely slice the garlic and add it to the pan. Peel the carrots, cut them into large dice, then stir them into the onions and garlic and leave till the onions are soft and pale gold.

    Stir in the paprika and tomatoes, then pour in the drained chickpeas and fresh water and bring to the boil. (If you are using canned chickpeas, drain, rinse and add them now.) Tuck the chorizo sausages into the stew. Season with salt and black pepper, then, as the mixture starts to bubble furiously, cover with a lid and turn the heat down so that the stew simmers calmly for 45 minutes. An occasional stir will be to the good.

    Serve the dish now if you wish, but for a more intensely smoky stew, remove the lid and continue to cook for 20 minutes in a hot oven at 180C/gas mark 4 till lightly crusted.

    Ladle out into bowls or deep plates and eat with plenty of crusty bread.

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