La Paz Road Bean Soup

Name: La Paz Road Bean Soup
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp EV olive oil; 2 diced carrots, amount divided in half; 1 stalk celery, diced; 1/3 medium yellow onion, diced; 1 stalk fresh rosemary, to be removed before serving; 1 cup fresh shelled cranberry beans (or canned bean, like cannellini -- if using, drain first); 2 quart water or enough to cover the beans by ~ 1.5 inches); 1/4 red onion, diced; 1 small tomato, chopped; 1 medium diced zucchini; 1/4 cup wheat, corn or rice small pasta -- shells or elbows; 1 pinch dried lemongrass (trust me!); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 Black pepper, to taste; 1 pinch crushed red pepper, optional!

Diane Rhodes @cook_3768282

Los Angeles, California

This soup is a combination of using what was on hand, while I wasn't in my own kitchen, and a serendipity-find at the local market -- fresh Borlotti beans in the shell! You could use dried cranberry beans, or even good quality canned beans (light red kidney or cannellini).

Diane Rhodes @cook_3768282

Los Angeles, California

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins

4 servings

Ingredients
1 tbspEV olive oil
2diced carrots, amount divided in half
1 stalkcelery, diced
1/3 mediumyellow onion, diced
1 stalkfresh rosemary, to be removed before serving
1 cupfresh shelled cranberry beans (or canned bean, like cannellini -- if using, drain first)
2 quartwater or enough to cover the beans by ~ 1.5 inches)
1/4red onion, diced
1 smalltomato, chopped
1 mediumdiced zucchini
1/4 cupwheat, corn or rice small pasta -- shells or elbows
1 pinchdried lemongrass (trust me!)
1 tbspsoy sauce
1Black pepper, to taste
1 pinchcrushed red pepper, optional!

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Steps

1 hour 30 mins

1

Soften half the carrots, all the diced yellow onions and celery in the EVOO. When translucent, add rosemary and the beans, and cover with ~2" water. Let simmer for 45-minutes to 1 hour, until the beans are soft and the liquid is thickened from the beans.
2

Add the remaining carrot, tomato, and zucchini, diced, to the pot and let simmer for an additional 15-20 minutes. When vegetables are tender, add the small pasta and the final seasonings -- red crushed pepper, soy sauce and lemongrass. When the pasta is tender, it?s ready to serve.
3

I also add a twist of two of dried porcini mushrooms from my grinder, but if you don't have it, don't worry. Fresh mushrooms don't really work well here.