Pasta Fagioli

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An authentic pasta and white bean soup.

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Yield: 8 , Total Time: 2 hours

Cuisine: Italian   Main Ingredient: beans

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Ingredients

Servings
Original recipe makes 8
1 lbsmall dried white beans; (cannellini navy, etc.)
1 ham bone; with some meat
7 cupschicken stock
2 bay leaves
1 largecarrot; unpeeled, washed and sliced
2 stalkscelery; chopped
1 teaspoonfresh thyme
4 slicesthick cut bacon; chopped
1 mediumonion; chopped
0.25 cupolive oil
2 clovesgarlic; chopped
1 shallot; chopped
3 tomatoes; (up to 4), peeled and chopped
1 cupchicken stock
2 tablespoonsparsley; chopped
1 tablespoonpesto sauce
1 teaspoonkosher salt
0.5 teaspoonfreshly ground pepper; to taste
8 smallpasta or elbow macaroni
0.5 cupgrated Parmesan cheese; (optional)
Calories Per Serving: 465
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Pasta Fagioli Preparation

Pick over the beans, wash thoroughly and cover with water. Allow to soak overnight, or bring to a boil, simmer for 2 minutes and allow to sit covered off the heat for 1 or 2 hours before proceeding (quick soak method).

Drain the beans and discard the water. Add chicken stock to cover beans, ham bone, bay leaves, carrot, celery and thyme.

Bring to a boil and simmer 1 1/2 - 2 hours until beans are tender. Remove bay leaves and discard. Pick meat off ham bone, return meat to beans and discard the bone. Remove a portion of the beans (about 1/3 amount) and crush or mash the beans and return to the pot.

While beans are cooking, fry bacon until crisp and set aside (will be added to soup at the end).

Fry the onion in the bacon grease, and add to the beans while cooking.

Heat the oil in a small pan and saute the garlic and shallot in it. Add tomatoes, 1 cup stock, parsley, pesto and bring to a boil. Pour into cooked beans.

Cook the macaroni, in a separate pot, according to package directions.

Drain the pasta, (reserving a couple cups of pasta water) rinse pasta with cold water to stop further cooking and add to cooked beans. Stir in cooked bacon; adjust consistency with reserved pasta water (if soup is too thick) or mash more beans (if soup is too thin).

Adjust final seasoning with salt, pepper and grated cheese.

Food Glossary

Learn more about the ingredients in this recipe:    small dried white beans  ham bone  chicken stock   bay leaves   carrot  celery  fresh thyme   thick cut bacon  onion  olive oil   garlic  shallot  tomatoes  chicken stock   parsley   pesto sauce   kosher salt   freshly ground pepper  pasta or elbow macaroni   grated Parmesan cheese  

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Pasta Fagioli Reviews


Yummy! Can tweak to own taste but family gobbled it up!
3 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 5 minutes ago
9 months, 2 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago
This is truly one of the best soup recipes I've tried. Since it is winter and tomatoes are less than desirable, I used a can of crushed tomatoes. Talk about layering of flavors-this recipe certainly has that component and more. Wonderful!!!!!!!
1 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 10 minutes ago
this looks so good, what a great photo, im definelatey going to make this, this week, supposed to rain, so it will be the perfect rainy day meal, thanks for sharing, CCheryl
2 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes ago
Made this today during snow storm - good use of Christmas ham bone. Excellent flavor!
2 years, 4 months, 3 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes ago
wow that looks great, i cant wait to try it, thanks for posting,,,,,,,CCheryl
2 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 10 hours, 43 minutes ago
This is the real thing!
2 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 20 hours, 26 minutes ago
Such humble ingredients produce amazing flavor! [I posted this recipe.]
2 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes ago
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    Tags

    1. Italian
    2. Beans
    3. pasta
    4. Soup
    5. pesto
    6. bacon

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