French White Bean Soup

"Serve plain or with a garlic and cheese pesto, (recipe included)."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
15
Yields:
1 1/2 cup
Serves:
4

ingredients

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directions

  • In a large saucepan, heat the oil over moderate heat.
  • Add the onion, fennel, carrots, salt and pepper. Saute for 5 minutes.
  • Add the tomatoes, stock, basil, and fennel seeds and bring to a boil. Cover, lower the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add the cannellini and simmer 3 minutes longer until heated through.
  • Meanwhile, if using the pesto, combine the garlic, basil, parsley, cheese, and oil in a small bowl and with the back of a spoon, mash the mixture into a paste.
  • Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each one with a dollop of the pesto.

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Reviews

  1. wonderful bean soup, I also added in 6 minced garlic cloves and 2 teaspoons crushed chili flakes for heat, I love the idea of topping with the pesto, so good! thanks for sharing Julie, made for Carribbean tour/ZWT 5
     
  2. Wonderful soup! I used celery too and also the pesto (delish!). I subbed in chick peas - didn't have the cannellini beans. I also used an emersion blender just before adding the beans for a creamier soup. Thanks for sharing!
     
  3. What a wonderful winter warming soup! Really nice combination of flavours and I thought the pesto was a great and very worthwhile addition. I love fennel but didn't have any so went with celery but used double the amount of fennel seeds.
     
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