DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Florina Bean Soup
Also known as: Φασολάδα Φλώρινας
Thick bean and vegetable soup with a separate roasted Florina-pepper sauce.
About Florina Bean Soup
This Florina bean soup comes from Litsa Markopoulou of Prespa Top in Lefkona, Florina. Her version combines medium Prespa beans with vegetables and tomato, accompanied by a roasted Florina-pepper sauce.
Olive oil enriches the beans, while celery and oregano give the soup an herbal aroma. Dried hot pepper and chilli flakes bring heat, balanced by carrot and the pepper sauce’s sweetness.
The beans soften into a thick, cohesive soup. A spoonful of the separate red pepper sauce sits at the centre of each bowl, adding a distinct colour and concentrated vegetable flavour.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Florina Bean Soup
Litsa Markopoulou’s Prespa bean soup with roasted Florina-pepper sauce.
- Medium dried Prespa beansBase
- OnionAromatic
- CarrotBase
- Celery stalk and leavesAromatic
- Dried hot red pepperSeasoning
- Concentrated tomato juiceBase
- Dried oreganoAromatic
- Hot chilli flakes (boukouvo)Seasoning
- Olive oilCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- Freshly ground pepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Roasted Florina peppersBase · Own Florina-pepper sauce
- ParsleyAromatic · Own Florina-pepper sauce
- WaterCooking medium
- Amyntaio Xinomavro wineAccompaniment · Optional wine pairing · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Medium dried Prespa beans: . Broader dried-bean identity; exact Prespa variety/cultivar unprovided.
- Onion:
- Carrot:
- Celery stalk and leaves: . Whole stalk with leaves explicitly retained as one ingredient.
- Dried hot red pepper: . Exact cultivar unprovided.
- Concentrated tomato juice: . Required soup and own pepper-sauce allocations consolidated. Exact manufactured tomato product formula unprovided; not assumed tomato paste.
- Dried oregano: . Broader oregano identity; dried rubbed form retained.
- Hot chilli flakes (boukouvo): . First hot branch before sweet boukouvo; exact pepper cultivar unknown.
- Olive oil: . Required soup and own sauce uses consolidated.
- Salt: . Soup and sauce uses consolidated.
- Freshly ground pepper: . The source does not specify pepper type; no forced black-pepper mapping.
- Roasted Florina peppers: . Broader prepared roasted-red-pepper identity for the named Florina variety; roasted/peeled/chopped form retained. Jarred smoked peppers are the unselected explicit convenience alternative. Own upstream roasting formula unprovided.
- Parsley:
- Water: . Explicit overnight cold bean-soaking water and soup cooking water consolidated.
- Amyntaio Xinomavro wine (optional): . Broader red-wine identity for the publisher’s final named regional wine pairing; exact wine product formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Markopoulou’s recipe comes from the Prespa bean-producing area of Florina; Gastronomos presents the soup as a classic Greek traditional preparation.
Countries
- Greece
- GreeceCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Florina
- Prespa
- Greek Macedonian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.