PASTA and BEAN SOUP
PASTA and BEAN SOUP

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pasta and bean soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

PASTA and BEAN SOUP is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. PASTA and BEAN SOUP is something which I have loved my whole life.

I did notice on leftovers for the next day that the spinach and pasta tended to soak up a lot of the stock so had to add more. Essentially a chicken broth soup with beans and pasta. We'll use a low-sodium chicken broth next time because the regular chicken broth's saltiness kept us from tasting the tomatoes and spinach (the latter not being a bad thing!).

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta and bean soup using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make PASTA and BEAN SOUP:
  1. Prepare 300 grams dried cannellini beans, soaked in cold water overnight or PESELLI beans
  2. Get 1 tbsp salt
  3. Make ready 3 tbsps. olive oil
  4. Take 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  5. Take 2 clove garlic, finely chopped
  6. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  7. Prepare 200 grams pancetta, diced
  8. Make ready 1 1/4 liter chicken or vegetable stock
  9. Prepare 1 juice of 1/2 lemon
  10. Get 200 grams small pasta
  11. Take 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
  12. Take 1 salt and freshly ground pepper
  13. Take 1 extra-virgin olive oil, to serve
  14. Prepare 1 cup tomatoe sauce

Wholesome and nutritious, the ingredients for this pasta and bean soup recipe come together for a flavorful soup that you'll want to come back to again and again. The recipe will make enough to feed a large family, or if not feeding a large family you will have leftovers to easily reheat and enjoy. People from Tuscany love their beans! And here Giovanna shares her recipe using special red beans called 'rossi di Lucca' with home made pasta.

Steps to make PASTA and BEAN SOUP:
  1. When you decided to have cannellini beans for this soup, bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add dried cannellini, decrease the heat abd gently simmer. Cook for 30 minutes. Add salt and cook for further 30 minutes, until beans are al dente. Drain and set aside.
  2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over low-medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and bay leaves and saute until softened. Add the pancetta and cook for a further 3-5 minutes, until golden.
  3. Add the beans (i prefer peselli), stock, tomstoe sauce and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes, until al dente. Stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper
  4. Serves 6

Simmer until the soup thickens and is creamy and flavorful, about. Finally, add the beans and heat through for a minute. This soup is delicious served with a spoonful of pesto stirred through, some finely grated parmesan. When it's cold and damp outside, I love to have a hearty bowl of Pasta e Fagioli (pasta and dried bean soup). There are many ways to make it in Italy.

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