Italian Winter Soup Recipes

RIBOLLITA (TUSCAN WINTER SOUP) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Boil the beans in water to cover by about 2 inches (4 centimeters), adding more boiling water if need be to keep them submerged, and lightly salting them when they're almost done.
• At this point, sauté the onion, carrot, celery, and parsley in the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot.
• When the onion has become translucent, about 5 to 8 minutes, add the tomato paste and the cooking liquid from the beans.
• Add the kale, beet greens or chard, and potatoes.
• Stir in the cooked beans and season to taste with salt, pepper, and a sprig of thyme.
• Simmer until the potatoes are tender and can be pierced easily with the tines of a fork, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove the thyme and discard.
• Take a serving dish that can be heated and fill it with alternating layers of thinly sliced bread and soup, making sure the bread is damp-until the soup is used up.
• Serve and enjoy!

20 AUTHENTIC ITALIAN SOUPS

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a delicious soup in 30 minutes or less!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, brown sausage with garlic. Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in beans with liquid and zucchini. Cover, and simmer another 15 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Remove from heat, and add spinach. Replace lid allowing the heat from the soup to cook the spinach leaves. Soup is ready to serve after 5 minutes.

ITALIAN WINTER SOUP

Steps:

• Pour the beef broth and macaroni into a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until macaroni is tender.
• Cook the ground beef in a frying pan, stirring to break up large chunks, until meat is brown; drain off fat.
• Drain the beans (reserve the liquid).
• Puree 1 cup of beans with all the reserved liquid in a blender.
• When Macaroni is tender, stir the pureed beans, whole beans, cooked meat and spaghetti sauce into the pot.
• Heat though and serve.