RIBOLLITA (HEARTY TUSCAN BEAN, BREAD, AND VEGETABLE STEW) RECIPE
This hearty Tuscan stew is loaded with tender vegetables and beans and thickened with bread. You can even simmer it down, then cook it into a savory vegetable pancake.
Provided by Daniel Gritzer
Categories Entree Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres Mains Soups and Stews
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, heat olive oil over medium heat with garlic. Cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant and very lightly golden. Add onion, leek, carrots, squash, turnip, and celery and cook, stirring, until slightly softened but not browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add enough water to slightly cover vegetables (about 6 cups; 1.5L) along with kale and bouquet garnis and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Lower heat to maintain simmer and cook until vegetables are very tender, about 25 minutes.
- Stir in beans and their cooking liquid (or 1 cup water if using canned beans). Add bread, stir well, and simmer until bread is very soft and breaking down, about 15 minutes. Add water, 1/2 cup at a time, if soup becomes too thick and dry.
- Season with salt and pepper. The soup can be served at varying consistencies: more wet and broth-y, like a thick, chunky soup, or cooked down until thickened like a porridge. Once reduced to a thick porridge, you can ladle some of it into a small (8-inch) nonstick skillet with 1 tablespoon oil and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until it coalesces into a dense mass; it will eventually take the shape of a pancake. (If your flipping skills are good, you can flip it to serve it browned side up.) Slide it onto a plate. To serve at any consistency, drizzle with fresh olive oil and top with freshly ground black pepper and grated cheese (optional).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 237 kcal, Carbohydrate 40 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fiber 10 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 512 mg, Sugar 8 g, Fat 6 g, ServingSize Serves 6 to 8, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
RIBOLLITA (VEGETABLE, BEAN AND STALE BREAD SOUP)
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Time 5h35m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Variations: For a sweeter soup, add chopped fennel to your mix. For autumn, add zucchini or butternut squash to your blend.
- Drain the beans and place in a pot with 4 cups chicken stock, 1 clove garlic, half an onion and some salt and pepper. Bring to a low boil, reduce the heat and simmer until tender, 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the bread until deeply golden and toasted. Store in foil.
- Heat 1/4 cup EVOO, 4 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat in a large Dutch oven. Add the chopped onions, carrots, celery, remaining 3 cloves garlic, chile flakes, bay leaf and herb bundle. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, partially covered, to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the wine, kale, cabbage and a little nutmeg. Stir. Wilt the greens, partially covered, 5 to 6 minutes more. Add the beans and their liquids and the tomato puree. Stir. Add 2 cups more stock (reserve 2 cups for the night you serve). Add the cheese rind to the soup. Simmer to combine flavors, 15 minutes. Remove 3 cups of the beans and vegetables, about half the soup, to food processor and puree. Then add back to pot. Cool and store the soup for a make-ahead meal.
- To serve, heat the soup over medium heat, add the bread to the soup and let it absorb the liquid. Thin the soup with the remaining 2 cups of stock. Taste to adjust seasoning. Remove the herb bundle, rind and bay leaf. The ribollita is done when a wooden spoon can stand straight up in the soup. Ladle into shallow bowls and garnish with a generous drizzle of EVOO, finely chopped raw onion and cheese. Leftover soup can be fried in olive oil in a skillet like potato pancakes or hash, and topped with over easy or fried eggs.
TUSCAN WHITE BEAN AND BREAD SOUP (RIBOLLITA)
Taken from The Best International Recipe, posted for safekeeping. Do not use sliced sandwich bread in place of the crusty bread. If necessary, substitute chard for the kale.
Provided by cellogirl2
Categories Chard
Time 2h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Spread the bread cubes out over a rimmed baking sheet and bake until dried but not browned, about 30 minutes; set aside.
- Process half the beans and 1/4 cup sof the water in a food processor until mostly smooth, about 12 pulses, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed; set aside.
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering.
- Add carrots, onion, kale stems, and 1/2 teaspoons salt and cook until vegetables are softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Stir in tomatoes and cook until softened, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in pureed beans, remaining whole beans, remaining water, kale leaves, potato, and bay leaves and bring to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to low, partially cover, and simmer until potato is tender, about 40 minutes.
- Stir in rosemary sprig and 2 cups of dried bread cubes into the soup, cover, and let stand off the heat until the bread is soggy and falling apart, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Discard rosemary sprig and bay leaves and stir to break up bread pieces and thicken the soup.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Divide remaining bread cubes among individual bowls and ladle thickened soup over the top.
- Drizzle olive oil over top of each portion and serve, passing out the Parmesan cheese separately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 319.7, Fat 9.8, SaturatedFat 1.4, Sodium 255.6, Carbohydrate 47.9, Fiber 10.5, Sugar 6.1, Protein 13.4
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