Hearty White Bean Soup
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My mother's rich, soul-warming white bean soup. Very tasty with a faintly smoky flavor, from the bacon, and the creamy richness of good white beans. This recipe is easy to make and loaded with lots of great flavor.
"This is a yummy soup! I added a sprig of rosemary, a little red pepper flakes and a can of diced tomatoes. I cooked it in the crockpot on low for 8 hours. I didn't purée all of the soup and did not add the cream. My picky family loved it!" - RenaybYield: 8 Ready in 45 minutes
Cuisine: American-SouthMain Ingredient: Beans
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Notes Hearty White Bean Soup Preparation
Place beans in a large pot with enough water to cover beans by 2 inches, soak overnight. Drain beans. Using a large saucepan over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Saute onion, leek, tomato, carrots, celery, garlic and bacon, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes. Add beans, vegetable stock and thyme. Bring soup to boil, reduce heat to medium low. Cover and simmer until beans are tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
Using a blender or a food processor fitted with a blade attachment, working in batches, puree soup until smooth. Return soup to pot. Add cream and if needed, additional stock to thin soup. Season with salt and pepper.
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If you have one, use a hand immersion blender to puree the soup right in the cooking pot--no mess, no fuss! (I love my Kitchen-Aid Hand Blender)
A bowl of this soup, a nice green salad, and a loaf of warm homemade bread, make a well-rounded meal. If you're serving people who must have meat every time they eat, a plate of nice hearty sausages (such as bratwurst or kielbasa) could be grilled or pan-fried and served along with the soup. Or thickly slice the sausages on a diagonal and set several slices right on top of each bowl of soup.
To make it a celebration of spring. For those fortunate enough to have access to the first vegetables of the season, you might consider making this recipe using half the beans and twice the number of vegetables--all baby versions. Only pureeing about 1/3 of it, so that the chunks of individual vegetables remained more visible, absolutely splendid!
The soup keeps well, refrigerated, for up to three days. It tends to thicken further upon resting, so you may want to stir in some additional liquid when you reheat it.
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Very tasty, instead of cream I added coconut milk
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Terrific, great tasting soup that was very satisfying!
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This is a yummy soup! I added a sprig of rosemary, a little red pepper flakes and a can of diced tomatoes. I cooked it in the crockpot on low for 8 hours. I didn't purée all of the soup and did not add the cream. My picky family loved it!
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I love this soup. It's my new favorite for fall or winter.
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Yummy
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If you have one, use a hand immersion blender to puree the soup right in the cooking pot--no mess, no fuss! (I love my Kitchen-Aid Hand Blender)
A bowl of this soup, a nice green salad, and a loaf of warm homemade bread, make a well-rounded meal. If you're serving people who must have meat every time they eat, a plate of nice hearty sausages (such as bratwurst or kielbasa) could be grilled or pan-fried and served along with the soup. Or thickly slice the sausages on a diagonal and set several slices right on top of each bowl of soup. To make it a celebration of spring. For those fortunate enough to have access to the first vegetables of the season, you might consider making this recipe using half the beans and twice the number of vegetables--all baby versions. Only pureeing about 1/3 of it, so that the chunks of individual vegetables remained more visible, absolutely splendid! The soup keeps well, refrigerated, for up to three days. It tends to thicken further upon resting, so you may want to stir in some additional liquid when you reheat it. [I posted this recipe.] |
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