This rosemary white bean soup is a simple and delicious recipe that's great to make on a rainy day.
It fills the whole house with the smell of fresh rosemary. It's also extraordinarily simple and quick, so long as you remember to soak the beans the night before.
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Rosemary White Bean Soup
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 60 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
Adapted from The Barefoot Contessa
Ingredients
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- 1 pound dried white cannellini beans
- 4 cups sliced yellow onions (3 onions)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 large branch fresh rosemary (6 to 7 inches)
- 2 quarts vegetable stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, cover the beans with water by at least 1-inch and leave them in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight. Drain.
- In a large stockpot over low to medium heat, saute the onions with the olive oil until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook over low heat for 3 more minutes. Add the drained white beans, rosemary, vegetable stock, and bay leaf. Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the beans are very soft. Remove the rosemary branch and the bay leaf. Pass the soup through the coarsest blade of a food mill, or place in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until coarsely pureed. Return the soup to the pot to reheat and add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve hot.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 394
- Sugar: 9
- Sodium: 2042
- Fat: 10
- Carbohydrates: 61
- Fiber: 17
- Protein: 18
- Cholesterol: 0
Stephanie
I made this soup this evening, using canned cannellini beans instead of dry. From start to finish it took about 40 min. It's a nice, simple soup for a cold winter night. It's tasty, but not particularly hearty, so I'd recommend serving it with a thick slice of crusty bread or as a side rather than the main dish.
Edna
Can this recipe be made in a slow cooker? If so, how?
Katie Koteen
Yeah, absolutely! You'll still want to soak the beans and then cook them in the slow cooker for 6-8 hours on low. Let us know how it goes!