White Bean and Pancetta Soup
- Ready In:
- 7hrs
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 9.85 ml olive oil
- 226.79 g pancetta, finely diced
- 236.59 ml chopped onion
- 236.59 ml chopped celery
- 236.59 ml chopped carrot
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 78.78 ml dry white wine
- 29.58 ml chopped fresh sage or 9.85 ml dried sage
- 14.79 ml chopped fresh thyme or 4.92 ml dried thyme
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 1419.54 ml low sodium chicken broth
- 4 (2154.56 g) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1419.54 ml chopped escarole
- 473.18 ml orecchiette ("ear-shaped" pasta) or 473.18 ml small shell pasta
- 29.58 ml chopped fresh parsley
directions
- In a skillet, heat oil until it shimmers. Add pancetta and saute until browned. Remove pancetta with a slotted spoon and transfer directly to a crockpot.
- Saute onion, celery, carrot and garlic until soft and onion is translucent. Transfer vegetables to crockpot and deglaze skillet with white wine. Pour wine into crockpot. Add herbs, salt, pepper, chicken broth, and beans. Cook on low 4-6 hours, or on high 2-3 hours. Puree about 1/3 of the soup in a blender then return it to the pot, or run an immersion blender in the soup until the desired thickness is achieved.
- Add escarole and pasta and cook another 30-40 minutes on high (if you have been cooking on low up to this point, be sure to turn it up), until pasta is al dente. Stir in parsley at the last minute.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!