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Tuscan White Bean Soup with Olive Oil and Rosemary Recipe | |
Italian Soup | |
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Ingredients:
2 cups dried white beans (cannellini, navy, baby lima, whatever)6 to 8 cups water (depending upon how thick you want the soup) 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon salt, or more as desired 4 cloves garlic 1/4 cup olive oil, for garnish 1/3 cup fresh rosemary leaves, chopped coarsely, for garnish 1 small, firm tomato, diced, for garnish
Directions:
Rinse the beans thoroughly and place them in the insert of a 6- or 7-quart slow cooker. Add the water, onion, and bay leaves and cook on high for about 4 hours or low for about 8 hours, or until the beans are tender.When the beans are tender, add the salt and press the garlic into the soup. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Using a handheld immersion blender, puree some or all of the beans to thicken the soup. If you'd like a thinner consistency, add more water. Serve the soup in individual bowls, garnished with a generous drizzle of olive oil, a tablespoon of chopped, fresh rosemary, and a few pieces of tomato. Mangia tutti! Serves 6
Mangiafagioli. Bean eaters. That what they call 'em. Immortalized in a famous sixteenth-century painting housed in the Galleria Colonna in Rome, the painting celebrates centuries of what has kept the Tuscan peasant alive and well fed. I'm with 'em. Take a basic bean recipe, and doll it up with a few simple ingredients.
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