Comfort
Hearty Bean & Pasta Soup
Pantry-driven, vegetable-loaded, soul-warming — a thick bean and pasta soup using Cibo di Italia Whole Wheat Macaroni. Land it on the iftar table or pack it for a working-from-home lunch. Tastes even better on day two.
Ingredients
- 200 g Cibo di Italia Whole Wheat Macaroni
- 400 g cannellini or white beans — one tin, drained
- 400 g red kidney beans — one tin, drained
- 400 g chopped tomatoes — one tin
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 piece medium onion — finely chopped
- 2 pieces medium carrots — diced
- 2 pieces celery sticks — diced
- 4 pieces garlic cloves — finely chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1.2 l hot vegetable stock
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 piece small handful parsley — chopped, to serve
- to taste salt and black pepper
Method
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Step 1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery with a generous pinch of salt; cook 8 minutes until softened.
8 min
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Step 2. Stir in the garlic, oregano and tomato paste. Cook for 90 seconds until the paste darkens.
2 min
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Step 3. Add the chopped tomatoes and half-fill the tin with water; pour that in too. Simmer 5 minutes.
5 min
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Step 4. Tip in both tins of drained beans and the hot stock. Bring to a gentle boil and season well.
3 min
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Step 5. Scoop out a ladle of soup and crush it with a fork — beans and all — and stir back in. This is what makes the broth thick and creamy.
1 min
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Step 6. Drop in the whole wheat macaroni and stir well. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes, until al dente.
10 min
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Step 7. Take off the heat and rest for 3 minutes. The pasta will continue to drink the broth — splash in more hot water if you prefer a looser soup.
3 min
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Step 8. Serve in deep bowls with parsley, a final drizzle of olive oil and a grind of black pepper.
Goes well with
Iced laban with mint and cumin — earthy and cooling.
Toasted sourdough rubbed with a halved garlic clove and dressed in olive oil.
Stewed apples with cinnamon and a spoonful of yoghurt.
Nutrition
Scaled to your servings
- 590kcalCalories30%
- 91.6gCarbohydrate35%
- 27.2gProtein54%
- 14.4gFat21%
The pasta we used
Cibo di Italia Whole Wheat Macaroni
500g · Cooks in 9–11 minutes · Serves ~5
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