Tuscan White Bean Soup
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Hey y’all…today I’m sharing with you a favorite soup recipe. By favorite I mean I make a pot of this Tuscan White Bean Soup every other week during the Fall and Winter. It’s loaded with flavor and it’s versatile depending on my mood.
Sometimes I add leftover chicken, other times I don’t puree the beans. The base of the soup always remains the same.
Here’s what you need…
Ingredients
- 1 cup packaged peeled baby carrots, coarsely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2-15 ounce can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 - 32 ounce box chicken broth - I prefer the Tuscan Broth
- 1 cup of cooked Ditalini pasta
- 2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning, crushed
- 1 - 5 ounce package baby spinach, chopped
- Freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
In 4-quart stock pot, saute carrots and onion in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Using a blender or immersion blender roughly blend beans with the juice. Add beans, broth, and seasoning to stock pot. Bring to a boil and reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add chopped spinach. Add cooked pasta.
Remove from heat. Ladle soup into bowls and top with shaved Parmesan, sprinkle with pepper.
**Optional - top with 1 tablespoon of cooked bacon or prosciutto. **
Makes 4 servings.
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We love the garnish of smokey bacon and shaved Parmesan.
For a truly Tuscan dish, drizzle a bit of olive oil over the soup before serving.
Adding the ditalini pasta gives the soup more substance and makes it a more hearty soup.
Honey Bee loves crackers when he eats soup, but I prefer a slice of toasted Italian bread.
I hope you give this delicious recipe a try. Remember, it freezes well if you decide to make a double batch.
Here’s other soup favorites:
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Slow Cooker Northern Bean Spinach Soup
Until tomorrow…
This looks so good! I make soup once a week during the fall and winter too so I’m excited to try this recipe. Hello, bowl of comfort!
Oh my gosh, that looks sooo yummy. We love soup in the cold seasons too, so I’ll definitely give this one a try!