April Soup (Sopa de Abril)

Ingredients

• carrots, chopped
• lettuce, chopped
• meat, chopped
• chorizo, chopped
• tender fava beans (habas)
• onions
• oregano
• parsley
• salt
• 1 tomato, juiced
• manteca de chancho (pork lard) or butter
• good broth
• bread, thin slices

Instructions

1. Chop equal quantities of carrots and lettuce; add chopped meat and chorizo and tender fava beans.
2. Set them to cook, seasoned with onions, oregano, parsley, salt to taste, and the juice of one tomato, in pork lard or, better, butter.
3. Once it has come to a boil, pour a good broth over it and cook for half an hour.
4. Line the bottom of the tureen with thin slices of grill-toasted bread and fill it with the soup.
5. Let it rest a moment and serve.