Andalusian Chickpea & Spinach Soup Recipe - Recipezazz.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup garbanzo beans (chickpeas, washed, picked over and soaked for 4 hours or overnight in 1 quart water or 2 cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed - save liquid)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin)
• 1 1/2 cups onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced or grated
• 1 can (14 ounce) chopped tomatoes (with juice, or 1 pound tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped)
• 2 teaspoons paprika (sweet)
• 1 pound potatoes, diced (peeled)
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• Salt, to taste
• saffron, pinch
• 1 pound spinach (stemmed, washed thoroughly in 2 changes of water, and coarsely chopped or 1 pound container of pre-washed spinach)
• Freshly ground pepper, to taste