Californian chili sin carne

Ingredients

• 300 g dried red beans (or canned)
• 4 large peeled tomatoes
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 onions
• 3 carrots
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 20 cl cream
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika powder
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• olive oil
• grated cheese (pecorino or other)

Preparation

1. Soak the red beans in cold water for 12 hours (or rinse them clean if they come canned).
2. Drain the beans and then pour them into a bowl filled with water. Add an onion and a carrot cut into pieces. Bring to the boil and let it cook for 1h30.
3. In the meantime, peel the remaining onion, garlic, carrots and peppers . Remove the seeds from the peppers and cut all the vegetables into pieces.
4. Heat the oil in a large bowl. Add the onion, garlic , then the tomatoes, carrots , peppers and tomato puree. Season with cumin, paprika and chili powder. Simmer gently for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
5. Stir in the beans and cream and heat through.
6. Serve with grated cheese of your choice.