Ingredients:

an onion

a carrot cut in small cubes

250 g. of tomato paste

two garlic pieces cut in cubes

400 g. of bean

a pumpkin cut small cubes

peel from 1/2 lemon

1/4 spoonful of dried mint

top of a knife thyme

a bay leaf

salt, pepper, olive oil

400 g. core of artichokes

How to prepare: You fry the minced onion in a spoon of olive oil. Add carrot, tomatoes and garlic and let it on the fire for 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Then add beans and water. Cover pan and let them boil for 10 minutes. Add the pumpkin, lemon peel, mint, thyme and the bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cover and let boil again. Remove the bay leaf and two cups of soup and mix to obtain a puree, then mix that with the rest of soup. Artichokes are fried in olive oil until becomes brown. Serve in soup plates and add in the middle core of artichokes.