portuguese red bean soup

Ingredients

• 1-2 - carrots, chopped
• 1 - onion
• 4 - celery stalks
• 4 - tomatoes, skinned and seeded or
• 1x 28 oz cans diced tomatoes with liquid
• 1-2 - potatoes, peeled, diced small
• 8 ounces dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight
• 2 ounces olive oil
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 1/4 teaspoons paprika
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 - chorizo sausages, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoons cayenne pepper, to taste
• - salt and pepper