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Chickling pea soup

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500 g well-soaked chickling peas (16 hours)
1 carrot
1 stick of celery
1 potato
1 onion
200 g rice
100 g cherry tomatoes
extra virgin olive oil
salt
grated Roman pecorino cheese

After soaking the chickling peas, cook them for 3 hours. Fry the minced onion, carrot, celery and 1 potato in pan; cook it for a few minutes, then add the tomatoes.
Pour the chickling peas on top of the browned vegetables, add some cooking water, add salt when the soup is cooked and sprinkle with grated pecorino cheese before serving.