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Easy Tuscan Bean Soup
This recipe is so easy to make that everybody can enjoy a comforting soup in very little time.
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 937 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
Soup Ingredients
- 700 700 g dried cannellini beans
- 200 200 g dried borlotti beans
- 100 100 gr prosciutto or thereabouts prosciutto bone with bits and pieces left on it.
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1 liter home made vegetable stock sometimes I use homemade chicken stock
- 1 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
Soffritto ingredients
- 4 4 celery sticks finely sliced
- 2 2 tbsp fresh parsley very finely chopped
- 2 2 large carrots very finely chopped
- 1 1 lemon small un-waxed, finely grated zest only
- 1 1 large onion finely chopped
- 2 2 extra fat cloves garlic pounded into a paste
- 1 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 1 small red chilli chopped. seeds removed if you have a sensitive palate
- 4 4 bay leaves
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Soak the beans overnight in cold water, each type in a different bowl.
- Rinse and drain the beans well and boil each type in a separate pot: the borlotti for an hour and the cannellini for ¾ of an hour; drain, wash and set aside.
- In the meantime stir-fry everything listed under the soffritto until the onions are golden – around 15 minutes; remove the bay leaves and the rosemary and season it well with salt and pepper to taste.
- Pop the prosciutto bone and the cannellini beans to the soffritto, season if you think it’s necessary and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Now pour in the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 35-30 minutes until the beans are tender.
- Remove the bone and now mix in the borlotti beans, check and correct the seasoning and taste to see if the soup is cooked.
- Serve the drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and crunchy Italian bread. We suggest ciabatta.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
150g
Calories
937kcal
(47%)
Carbohydrates
148g
(49%)
Protein
56g
(112%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
16mg
(5%)
Sodium
1224mg
(51%)
Potassium
4088mg
(117%)
Fiber
41g
(164%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
5915IU
(118%)
Vitamin C
37.3mg
(41%)
Calcium
512mg
(51%)
Iron
21.4mg
(119%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 937
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 150g | |
| Calories | 937kcal | 47% |
| Carbohydrates | 148g | 49% |
| Protein | 56g | 112% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 1224mg | 51% |
| Potassium | 4088mg | 87% |
| Fiber | 41g | 164% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 5915IU | 118% |
| Vitamin C | 37.3mg | 41% |
| Calcium | 512mg | 51% |
| Iron | 21.4mg | 119% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.