How To Make Tuscan White Bean Soup
Keep warm on those cold winter nights with a bowl of this scrumptious white bean soup! Cook up a pot of this flavorful soup in just under an hour.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4ozpancetta,or bacon, finely diced
- 1small white onion,peeled and minced
- 5garlic cloves,peeled and minced
- 8cupschicken stock,good-quality
- 4ozcannellini beans,rinsed and drained
- 1bay leaf
- 1large fresh rosemary sprig
- salt and freshly-ground black pepper
For Serving (Optional):
- Parmesan cheese,freshly-grated
- Italian bread
Instructions
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Heat the pancetta in a large stockpot over medium-high heat.
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Cook until crispy, stirring occasionally.
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Transfer the bacon to a separate plate, using a slotted spoon, then reserve about 3 tablespoons of bacon grease in the stockpot.
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Add the onion, then cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent.
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Add the garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant, stirring occasionally.
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Add the chicken stock, beans, bay leaf, rosemary and half of the cooked pancetta. Stir to combine.
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Continue cooking the soup until it reaches a simmer.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover partially, then let the soup simmer for 10 to 20 minutes.
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Add the salt and pepper, to taste. Remove the bay leaf and rosemary.
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Top with the extra pancetta, then garnish with Parmesan cheese.
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Serve with Italian bread, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 267.02kcal
- Fat: 11.60g
- Saturated Fat: 3.62g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.19g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.99g
- Carbohydrates: 25.14g
- Fiber: 3.30g
- Sugar: 6.16g
- Protein: 15.19g
- Cholesterol: 22.07mg
- Sodium: 867.65mg
- Calcium: 67.42mg
- Potassium: 747.27mg
- Iron: 2.90mg
- Vitamin A: 7.11µg
- Vitamin C: 2.56mg
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