Chicken and Chickpea Soup

Yield:	6 Servings
Categories:

1	c	Dried chickpeas; soaked overnight in
		Cold water
2	lg	Onions; peeled, One Cut In Half And Stuck With
2		Cloves
		The Other Chopped
1		Bay leaf
2	tb	Olive oil
3		Boneless chicken thighs with skin; each cut in half
		Salt
		Black pepper; freshly ground
1		Chunk Spanish Mountain Cured Ham; (2 ounces), diced -or-
		Prosciutto -or-
1		Slab bacon
3		Cloves garlic; minced or pureed
1		Generous pinch saffron threads
1/2	c	Dry white wine
2		Carrots; peeled and sliced 1/2 - Inch Thick
2		Ribs celery; sliced 1/2-inch thick
2	c	Chopped cabbage
2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Pepper; freshly ground
6	c	Stock or water
1/2	bn	Fresh parsley; washed and chopped