Tuscan White Bean Soup With Sage Recipes

TUSCAN WHITE BEAN AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Place a medium, heavy soup pot over medium heat. Add the butter, olive oil, and shallot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots are softened, about 5 minutes. Add the sage and beans and stir to combine. Add the stock and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add the garlic and simmer until the garlic is softened, about 10 minutes. Pour the soup into a large bowl. Carefully ladle 1/3 to 1/2 of the soup into a blender and puree until smooth. Be careful to hold the top of the blender tightly, as hot liquids expand when they are blended. Pour the blended soup back into the soup pan. Puree the remaining soup. Once all the soup is blended and back in the soup pan, add the cream and the pepper Keep warm, covered, over very low heat.
• Place a grill pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle the slices of ciabatta bread with extra-virgin olive oil. Grill the bread until warm and golden grill marks appear, about 3 minutes a side. Serve the soup in bowls with the grilled bread alongside.

TUSCAN WHITE BEANS WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Saute the onion, garlic, and carrots in the olive oil until the onions are translucent. Add in the sage, cook until aromatic.
• Add the can of tomatoes, heat through.
• Add the white beans, return to a simmer, and simmer as long as you like (the longer, the yummier, honestly!).
• Just before serving, stir in the lemon juice.
• This dish holds up well to slight modifications. I have put in a stalk of celery, diced, with the onions and carrots. I have added a little dried rosemary with the white beans. All quite tasty. For omnivores, this dish is delicious with a few shrimp sauteed in butter and garlic served on top.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN TURKEY SOUP WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add garlic and saute over low heat until garlic turns golden. Add sage and saute a few seconds, then add pureed beans and broth. Bring to a simmer and add turkey; simmer a few minutes to heat turkey through. Add lemon juice, off heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.

TUSCAN WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH TOMATOES AND SAGE

Steps:

• 1. Place the beans, onions, carrots, squash, sage spring, garlic, sale and pepper in a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Pour the broth over the beans and vegetables.
• 2. Cover and cook until the vegetables are fork tender (4-5 hours on high; 8-10 hours on low) Discard the sage spring and garlic
• 3. Stir in tomatoes. Garnish each serving with sage leaves and cheese (optional)
• 4. NOTE: Roasting the vegetables before adding them to the slow cooker will give this soup even more flavor -- Preheat to 450. Combine the onions, carrots, squash, and garlic on a nonstick baking sheet. Spray lightly with nonstick spray. Roast, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender and browned (about 20 minutes) Add to the slow cooker as directed in Step 1 with the sage sprig, salt and pepper. NOTE: 2 cups: 182 cal, 4g fat, 2g sat. fat, 0g trans far; 8mg chol, 672 mg sodium, 28g carb, 7g fiber, 11g protein, 133mg calcium. Weight Watchers: 3 points

GIADA'S TUSCAN WHITE BEAN AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, saute shallots or onion and garlic with butter and olive oil until soft, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add drained beans, sage, and broth. Bring to a simmer and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• If using an immersion blender: blend soup until smooth. If using a regular blender: pour half of mixture into blender and puree until smooth. Pour blended soup back into pan and blend remaining soup, then pour the rest of the blended soup back into pan.
• Add cream, black pepper, and salt to taste. Keep warm over very low heat!

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP WITH FRESH SAGE

Steps:

• In a soup pot heat up the olive oil on low-medium heat and lightly saute the sage leaves; about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove leaves from pot and set aside. In same pot, saute the garlic until soft, only a minute or two.
• Add the green peas, green beans, zucchini, carrots, potato and cannelini beans. Stir mixture over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the vegetable broth and red pepper flakes. Simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 15-20 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide and ladle the soup into 4 individual soup bowls. Garnish each serving with the sauteed sage leaves.
• Enjoy immediately! Don't forget the Italian bread and pop in a Bocelli CD (Furtiva Lagrina on the Viaggio Italiano recording) while you're at it!