Tuscan Pasta And Bean Soup Food

TUSCAN BEAN AND PASTA SOUP (PASTA E FAGIOLI)

Steps:

• Cut the pancetta into small cubes and cook it in the olive oil in a large pot until just beginning to brown. Add the onion, the carrot, and the celery. Cook for a few minutes and add the garlic and rosemary. Stir in the minced pepperoncino at this point, if you like some spice.
• When the vegetables are soft and lightly browned, crush the tomatoes in a food processor and add them to the pot with their juices. Simmer for a few minutes and add the drained cooked beans. Allow to cook for 10 minutes, before adding the hot stock and the seasoning. When it comes to a boil, stir in the pasta.
• Continue cooking, squashing some of the beans against the side of the pot (so that they help thicken it the stock), until the pasta is fully cooked. Just before turning the heat off, swirl in 1 TBSP. of butter and the grated cheese.
• Let the soup sit for five minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning. The more it sits, the past absorbs more liquid and the soup thickness. If necessary, stir in some hot water or stock to thin it out. Serve with a drizzle of your best olive oil.

TUSCAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place half the beans in the food processor with half the stock and puree until smooth.
• Pour into pot and boil on med high heat.
• Add remaining beans and the remaining stock.
• Boil again with the shell pasta for 15 mins or until pasta is soft, but still has a bite to it.
• Meanwhile, in a small skillet, pour olive oil and cook garlic until golden brown for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir into soup and add parsley.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Drizzle with olive oil and serve with bread.

TUSCAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the capicola, red onion and minced garlic. Cook, stirring, until the onion softens, about 2 minutes. Add the carrots and celery. Cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add the beans, tomatoes, 2 cups water, the parmesan rind, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook until the vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the parmesan rind.
• Meanwhile, lightly toast the bread; rub both sides with the whole garlic clove and sprinkle with grated parmesan. Stir the escarole into the soup and cook, stirring occasionally, until wilted, about 5 minutes. Top each serving of soup with a piece of toast. Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil.

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl mash half of the beans with a masher or the back of a spoon, and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, thyme, sage, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, and cook stirring occasionally until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the broth and tomatoes with the juice and bring to a boil. Add the mashed and whole beans and the spinach leaves and cook until the spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes more.
• Serve topped with Parmesan, if desired.

TUSCAN CHARD AND CANNELLINI BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook the bacon, onion, garlic, nutmeg, and red pepper flakes until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and cannellini beans, and bring the mixture to a boil; stir in sun-dried tomatoes and the piece of Parmesan cheese rind. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook while you prepare the chard, about 10 minutes.
• Cut the stems from the chard, and slice the stems into pieces about 3/4-inch long. Cut the chard leaves into 1-inch wide ribbons. Stir the chard stems and pasta into the soup, setting aside the leaves. Reduce heat to a simmer, and gently simmer until the pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir the chard leaves, sage, and basil into the soup, and simmer just until wilted, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of olive oil, if desired.

TUSCAN WHITE BEAN & SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan, sautee the shallots & garlic in the olive oil.
• Add broth, tomatoes, beans and rosemary to pot. Season with black and red pepper. Bring to boil.
• Add pasta and cook 12 minutes. If the soup seems too thick for your liking add a bit more broth.
• Add spinach and cook until wilted.

HEARTY TUSCAN WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 4 quart soup pot over medium heat.
• Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery and thyme and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, tomatoes and bay leaf.
• Drain the beans and roughly mash 1/2 a can of beans. Add the beans and mashed beans to the pot.
• Squeeze the water from the thawed spinach and add to the pot.
• Season with salt and pepper and simmer for at least 10 minutes and up to 30 minutes.
• Add the macaroni and cook until tender according to package directions. (About 10 minutes.).
• Serve sprinkled with grated parmesan and/or pecorino romano.

TUSCAN GARBANZO BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• cook pasta according to directions.
• at same time, in a medium saucepan , heat oil over medium heat. add onion, garlic, rosemary and red pepper flakes.
• add chicken broth, tomatoes, carrot and garbanzo beans, reserve 1 cup beans.
• bring to boil, stir occasionally, then reduce heat and simmer 15-20 minutes.
• puree vegetable mixture in food processor and return to saucepan.
• add drained pasta and reserved beans and heat through, add extra broth if soup is too thick.
• top with cheese.

TUSCAN-STYLE ITALIAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large nonstick saucepan on medium heat. Add escarole, ham and carrots; cook 5 min. or just until escarole starts to wilt, stirring occasionally.
• Add bouillon cubes and water; stir. Bring to boil. Stir in pasta sauce; simmer on medium-low heat 10 min., stirring occasionally.
• Stir in beans and pasta; cook 10 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

CHEF JOHN'S TUSCAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot. Add butter; allow butter to melt. Add onion, celery, and carrot and cook and stir until onion begins to turn translucent and golden, about 7 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook 1 more minute. Add beans and broth. Season with salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, and cayenne pepper. Set heat to medium high and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and let simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Place bread cubes in a saute pan. Drizzle with olive oil; season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Toast bread cubes over medium heat until golden brown and crunchy, tossing occasionally, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle grated cheese over the bread cubes and continue to brown cubes about 2 more minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until it is very smooth. Whisk in creme fraiche. Stir in lemon juice. Serve topped with browned bread cubes and chopped parsley.

EGI'S TUSCAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the beans in a colander and transfer to a large, nonreactive bowl. Cover by 2 inches of water and let soak overnight, uncovered, in a cool place. Drain the beans and transfer to a 6 to 8 quart heavy pot. Add the 8 cups of water and the herbs.
• Cook uncovered at a gentle boil for about 60 minutes, or until beans are tender. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly, for about 10 minutes. Remove 1 1/2 cups of beans and reserve. Puree the remaining beans and all liquid in a food processor.
• In the same pot, heat the olive oil and add the onion and garlic. Saute until soft. Stir in the tomato paste and water, stirring to combine. Add the reserved bean puree. Season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 10 minutes, until heated through. Stir in the reserved whole beans, and heat. Season again with salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper, olive oil and the optional rosemary.
• Serve with croutons and a cruet of olive oil.