| Once the chickpeas are tender, remove the herb sprigs, and put four ladlefuls of the soup into a blender with two ladlefuls of very hot water. |
| Fry for a few minutes longer then stir in two ladlefuls of the hot vegetable stock. |
| Once the stock has almost evaporated, add a couple more ladlefuls and continue this process for 17-20 minutes. |
| Start to add the simmering stock, a couple of ladlefuls at a time. |
| Angela served up ladlefuls of cawl, beef bones cadged from Johnny Scrag, bulked up with onion, potato and cabbage from out back. |
