Pasta e Fagioli Soup (Italian Pasta and Bean Soup)

I have totally been into soups lately making one or two soups per week and this only seems appropriate with the chilly weather that we have been having! With the release of my new eCookbook, Tasty Soups, I could not resit

Of course this pasta e fagioli soup would not be complete without some cheesy garlic bread!

Pasta e Fagioli Soup (Italian Pasta and Bean Soup)
A tasty Italian style bean and pasta soup with Italian sausage and plenty of vegetables.
Servings: makes 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 60 minutes
Printable Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, toasted and ground
- 1/4 cup white wine or chicken broth
- 4 cups chicken broth or chicken stock
- 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (2 inch) piece parmesan rind
- 1 cup ditalini pasta
- salt and pepper to taste
- parsley, chopped (optional)
- parmesan, grated (optional)
Directions
- Cook the sausage in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat and set aside.
- Add the oil, onions, carrots and celery to the pan and saute until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the garlic, red pepper flakes and fennel seeds and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
- Add the wine and deglaze the pan.
- Add the broth, sausage, tomatoes, beans, tomato paste, oregano, bay leaf and parmesan rind, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. (If you have the time this soup will benefit from being simmered longer.)
- Add the pasta and simmer until it is cooked al-dente, about 6-8 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve garnished with parsley and parmesan.
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17 comments:
Love this recipe !! I definitely have to try this one out, thanks for sharing !!
I love how full and hearty this looks! So much stuff in it!
Oh yum! This would make a wonderful dish to bring to a friend in need. It looks so filling, warm and comforting. Thanks for sharing!
This looks oh so good!
Interesting twist on this age old dish.
This recipe originated from the peasants in Italy. They originally used a ham bone to flavor the soup. My great grandparents and grand parents would make it that way. You have many flavors in here but I definitely would recommend the traditional way of using the bone.
A delicious soup! So comforting.
Cheers,
Rosa
This is one of my favorite soups! It really does taste like a bowl of comfort.
KEVIN. You just rule it.
Oh, I love Pasta Fagiole ! I make it without meat , it is still a perfect winter meal with some good bread.
Your tags say vegetarian?
Pasta e Fagioli Soup, one of my fav vegetable soups of all time and the perfect time of year for it
I agree with the comment on the hambone. Have a bone and leftover ham from Christmas in the freezer and will be using some for this
Anonymous: I also enjoy the version where the sausage is replace with a ham bone and if you have some ham broth it gets even better!
yum! i love this classic soup!
I make my Grandma's recipe: instead of sausage, we use diced pancetta. I started using fire-roasted tomatoes and they add a nice robust flavor.
I made this for dinner this week, and my husband loved it! I brought it for lunch for two days and it just kept getting better.
made it veggie, with shrooms instead of meat, heartied it up with less broth and more wine, gobbled it down over some sprouted multi grain/seed croustini, made me wanna slap my moma.
thanks
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