Recipe - Pote Extremento - (Thick Soup With Fun Meat)

1 cup Ceci beans; soaked overnight
1 Smoked ham hock
1 Whole Veal shank
2 pound Oxtail in 2inch pieces
2 Cornish game hens; cut 6 pcs
each
(or use small chickens)
2 lg Spanish onions; cut 1" dice
2 Carrots; cut 1/2" rounds
4 Potatoes; peeled, and
Cut into 1" dice
8 Garlic cloves; peeled, whole
2 tablespoon Salt
3 cup Shredded green cabbage
One half pound Chorizo sausages ; (2
pieces)
1 pound Morcilla sausages ; (2
pieces)
One half cup Arborio rice
One fourth cup Tomato paste
1 teaspoon Hot chili flakes
Salt; to taste
Freshlyground black pepper;
to taste

Place ceci in a 3gallon soup pot with smoked ham hock, veal shank and
oxtail and cover with cool water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer
for 2 hours. Remove ham hock and veal shank and add game hens or chickens,
onions, carrots, potatoes, garlic and salt and bring to a boil. Cut ham
hock and shank meat into 1 1/2inch cubes and return to pot. Lower heat and
simmer covered 45 minutes. Add cabbage, chorizo, morcilla, rice, tomato
paste and chili flakes and cook 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper,
remove sausages, slice thinly, pour soup into tureen, lay sausages over top
and serve. This recipe yields 6