Tuscan Bean Soup
Tuscan Bean Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, tuscan bean soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tuscan Bean Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Tuscan Bean Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tuscan bean soup using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tuscan Bean Soup:
  1. Make ready 2 large onions
  2. Make ready 4 celery sticks
  3. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
  4. Get 4 cloves garlic (crushed)
  5. Take 3 large carrots
  6. Get 2 heaped tsp smoked paprika
  7. Make ready 5 sprigs fresh thyme (leaves only)
  8. Take 4 sprigs fresh rosemary (leaves only)
  9. Prepare 2 (400 g) tins chopped tomatoes
  10. Get 2 litres vegetable stock
  11. Make ready 2 (400 g) tins flageolet beans (drained and rinsed)
  12. Get 1 (400 g) tin cannellini beans (drained and rinsed)
  13. Prepare Small savoy cabbage
  14. Make ready Salt
  15. Take Pepper
  16. Prepare Serve with
  17. Get Green pesto (or vegan alternative)
  18. Make ready Crusty bread

Soup and crusty bread is the ultimate comfort food, and this soup is so easy to make!!! Tuscan bean soup, also known as Ribollita, is a rustic, hearty stew from Tuscany. Ribollita, which translated to "re-boiled", originated in the hilltop villages throughout Tuscany during the Middle Ages. Hard-working peasants would pocket leftover crusts of bread and bits of meat after serving wealthy landowners.

Steps to make Tuscan Bean Soup:
  1. Chop the onion and celery into small chunks. Put in a large stock pot with the oil, cover and cook over a low heat for 10 mins, until softened.
  2. Meanwhile, chop the carrot into small chunks. Then add to the pot with the crushed garlic, herbs and paprika and cook for 10 mins until the carrot is starting to soften.
  3. Meanwhile chop the cabbage, drain the beans and make the stock.
  4. Add the tomatoes and stock to the pan and bring to a simmer. Then add the beans and cabbage and cook for 20 mins.
  5. Serve with a spoon of green pesto and some crusty bread. Freeze some portions for future use.

Ribollita, which translated to "re-boiled", originated in the hilltop villages throughout Tuscany during the Middle Ages. Hard-working peasants would pocket leftover crusts of bread and bits of meat after serving wealthy landowners. OK, back to the Tuscan bean soup recipe! On the surface, it seems like a basic soup made from vegetables, broth, beans, and a little olive oil. While the ingredients may seem run of the mill, something magical happens when they get cozy on your stove top with some fragrant seasonings hand-picked by yours truly.

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