Italian Vegetable Soup Ribotilla
From bojangles42 14 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is a wonderful and hardy vegetable soup/stew. Serve it with a salad (you won't need bread) and it's a meal. The flavors improve overnight. It is a garbage soup so improvise with the ingredients. We love this one
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced shopping list
- 6 cloves garlic minced shopping list
- 3 T olive oil shopping list
- 1/4 lb, smoky bacon diced shopping list
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced shopping list
- 2 stalks celery, diced shopping list
- 2 cans (15 oz) cannellini beans - 1 can drained and rinsed, the other not shopping list
- 1/2 head cabbage, diced (savoy or reg) (4-5 c) shopping list
- 4 c greens (kale or spinach, but anything greens will work) coarsely chopped shopping list
- 1 can (15 oz) tomato puree shopping list
- 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained shopping list
- 1/4 c pesto (or more to taste, I like a stronger pesto flavor) shopping list
- 4 c crusty bread 1" cubes (sour dough or baguette work well) shopping list
- 1/2 c grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 8 c chicken stock shopping list
- 1/2 teas red pepper flakes shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot
- Add bacon and onions and saute for 8-10 minutes
- Add garlic, celery, carrots, & red pepper flakes and saute for another 5-8 minutes
- Puree the undrained can of cannellini beans in a blender or food processor
- Add , pureed beans, tomato puree, and diced tomatoes
- Add the chicken stock and pesto
- Bring the pot to a boil and reduce to a simmer
- Add the other can of drained beans, the cabbage, greens and bread cubes
- Cover and simmer on low for at least 30 minutes. All the veggies should be tender but the cabbage can be tender crisp.
- Add salt as needed but remember the Parmesan will add a salty layer
- Laddle into bowls and top with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese to serve.
- You can omit the bacon and substitute veg stock for chicken stock to make it a true vegetarian dish.
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