Italian Bean Soup
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- dried cannellini or haricot beans
- garlic
- basil
- parsley
- good extra virgin olive oil
directions
- Soak beans in cold water overnight.
- Rinse well and cover with cold water, add a good size bunch of fresh basil and a whole bulb of garlic with the top sliced off, then cook until tender.
- NB: It is important that you let them boil fast for at least ten minutes for health reasons!
- Put a generous quantity of olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add two teasponns of finely chopped garlic.
- Soften without browning and then add two firmly packed cups of finely chopped fresh parsley (flat or curly is fine.) Toss round for a few moments, then slowly add the cooked beans.
- When they have all been added, mash with a slotted spoon so some texture still remains.
- It is meant to be quite thick.
- Serve with a drizzle of green olive-oil and some nice rough country bread.
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