Catalan Bean Stew | Farmer John's Pumpkin Farm

Ingredients

• 2 dried red or brown chiles, such as pasilla or New Mexican reds, or 1 tablespoon Spanish or Hungarian sweet paprika
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 2 medium onion, peeled and quartered
• 4 ripe tomatoes
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled
• 2 slices country-style white bread
• 3 parsnips or carrots, diced
• 1 potato, peeled and diced
• 1/2 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 4 cups cooked fava beans or lima beans
• 1 cup cooked corn kernels
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine or to taste
• 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar or to taste
• salt and freshly ground black pepper