Pasta Bean & Vegetable Soup

Name: Pasta Bean & Vegetable Soup
Total time: 6600 s
Yield: 4-6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Hundred and 15 g dried black eyed beans soaked overnight and drained; 1.2 L vegetable, chicken or meat stock; 1 large onion chopped; 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped; 2 celery sticks chopped; 1/2 red pepper, seeded and chopped; 350 g tomatoes skinned seeded and chopped or you can use canned tomatoes; 225 g smoked bacon loin; 75 g tiny soup pasta; 2 courgettes halved lengthwise and sliced; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; to taste salt and black pepper; shredded fresh basal to garnish

Keith Vigon @cook_4574654

United Kingdom

Italian - main filling and tasty soup perfectly ideal for the winter that is rapidly approaching us :-)

Keith Vigon @cook_4574654

United Kingdom

Italian - main filling and tasty soup perfectly ideal for the winter that is rapidly approaching us :-)

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Ingredients

110 mins

4-6

Hundred and 15 g dried black eyed beans soaked overnight and drained
1.2 Lvegetable, chicken or meat stock
1large onion chopped
1large garlic clove, finely chopped
2celery sticks chopped
1/2red pepper, seeded and chopped
350 gtomatoes skinned seeded and chopped or you can use canned tomatoes
225 gsmoked bacon loin
75 gtiny soup pasta
2courgettes halved lengthwise and sliced
1 tablespoontomato purée
to tastesalt and black pepper
shredded fresh basal to garnish

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Steps

110 mins

1

Put the beans into a large pan and cover with fresh cold water then bring it to the boil. Boil for about 10 minutes then drain and rinse.
2

Return the beans to the pan, add the stock and bring to a boil.
3

Skim off the scum that rises to the top using a spoon dipped in iced water
4

Add the onion, garlic, celery, red pepper, tomatoes and bacon then bring back to the boil
5

Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are just tender.
6

Lift out the bacon, then shredded coarsely using 2 forks and set aside
7

Add the pasta, courgettes and tomato purée to the soup then season to taste with salt and pepper
8

Simmer uncovered for a further 6 to 8 minutes stirring the soup occasionally
9

Stir in the shredded bacon, then taste and adjust the seasoning if needed, then serve the soup hot sprinkled with fresh basal is a garnish