Smoked Pork Hock and Vegetable Soup | Chestnut Brae

Ingredients

• 1 kg smoked pork hock
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 5 cloves garlic, finely diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 large bulb of fennel, sliced
• 2 large carrots, peeled and diced into chunks
• 1/2 bunch celery, diced into chunks
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes (optional)
• 2 litres chicken stock
• 400g can red kidney beans, drained, rinsed