Country-Style Soup (Minestra Di Campagna)
- Ready In:
- 25hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup dried fava beans
- 1⁄2 cup dried great northern beans
- 6 cups water
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 8 ounces savoy cabbage, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 4 cups)
- 1⁄2 head bibb lettuce, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
- parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- extra virgin olive oil
directions
- Place fava beans in medium saucepan.
- Place Great Northern beans in large bowl.
- Add enough cold water to each to cover by 3 inches and let soak overnight.
- Bring fava beans to boil in their soaking liquid.
- Boil 5 minutes.
- Drain fava beans and cool slightly.
- Using small sharp knife, make small slit in skin of each bean.
- Peel off outer skins and discard.
- Drain Great Northern beans.
- Bring 6 cups water to boil in large pot.
- Add all beans, onion, carrot and celery.
- Partially cover; simmer over medium heat until beans are half cooked, about 30 minutes.
- Add cabbage and lettuce.
- Partially cover; cook until beans are tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle into bowls.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Drizzle with oil.
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Reviews
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Great soup! I love the combination of fava and cannellini beans. Along with all the other vegetables (and the addition of a couple of parmesan rinds and 1 fat clove of garlic - I can't resist!) this was a really good soup to ward off the cold. I took your advise and added no oil as the soup was cooking but drizzled it over the soup at table - great touch - I used much less than I normally would and it added a flavour nuance that made it another ingredient rather than just a cooking fat. Into the keeper file with you.
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Bev I Am
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