Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup.
Vegan dish
Traditional and Bimby recipe.
It is very cold today and I quickly prepared this delicious soup enriched with broccoli.
The cannellini beans, when cooked, give a nice creaminess to the dish that you can enjoy with croutons or pasta. You can add some chili pepper if you like. I enriched the dish with my homemade vegetable stock cube, Click here to see how I make it.
I used canned beans, but if you want, you can use dried ones and pre-cook them yourself. Also, you can use any type of beans with this recipe.
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- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Slow cook, Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter, and Spring
- Energy 194.16 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 36.66 (g) of which sugars 4.35 (g)
- Proteins 11.52 (g)
- Fat 1.84 (g) of which saturated 0.27 (g)of which unsaturated 0.71 (g)
- Fibers 10.62 (g)
- Sodium 331.71 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 350 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 14 oz canned cannellini beans (drained weight)
- 14 oz broccoli
- 1.4 oz onion
- 3.5 oz carrots
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 tsp stock cube (vegetable)
- as needed water
- 1 chili pepper (optional)
- 10.5 oz rustic tomato purée
Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup
Tools
What we need to prepare
- 1 Pot
- Bimby
- 1 Wooden Spoon
- 1 Cutting Board
- 1 Knife
- 1 Colander
Steps
Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup
Drain the beans from their canning liquid but do not throw it away, whether you used canned, precooked, or boiled your own beans.
Peel the carrots and celery, and chop the onion. Clean and trim the broccoli.
Roughly chop the carrots, celery, and onion as if for a minestrone. Place them in a pot with olive oil, and let them sauté for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
After the time has passed, add the tomato purée and 200 ml of the beans’ canning liquid or regular water; the liquid part should be at least 200 ml. Stir and…
also add the previously cooked or canned beans and the broccoli florets.
Let it cook for about 20 minutes, checking if more liquid is needed.
Then check the broccoli stems with a fork to see if they are cooked, and if needed, you can extend the cooking time a bit.
When there are about 2 minutes left, season with salt and/or the vegetable stock cube, I do it this way, click.
Additionally, you can optionally add chili pepper at the end of cooking; I use my preserve, click here
Serve hot with the addition of croutons. Put the celery, onion, and carrot pieces in the Bimby jug and roughly chop for 10 seconds at speed 4, then check and mix with the spatula; if they are still too large, repeat the operation until they have the consistency of minestrone.
Add the olive oil and let it sauté at 230°F (110°C) speed 1 reverse.
After the time, add the tomato purée, the previously precooked or canned beans, their canning liquid, and the broccoli florets.
Let it cook for about 20 minutes at 212°F (100°C) reverse speed spoon, with the basket on top, checking through the hole if more liquid is needed.
Then check the broccoli stems with a fork to see if they are cooked, and if needed, you can extend the cooking time a bit.
When there are about 2 minutes left, season with salt or the vegetable stock cube. Additionally, you can optionally add chili pepper at the end of cooking; I use my preserve, click here
Serve hot with the addition of croutons.
With the help of our friend Bimby, we have prepared the delicious Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup
Storage and Tips
Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup.
This soup can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days and in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Tips: This dish also pairs well with pasta, rice, or grains.
If you want to add them, I recommend doing so halfway through cooking so they cook together and become risotto-style.
In such a case, you need to add about twice the weight of pasta, rice, or grains in water, for both traditional and Bimby cooking.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Cannellini Bean Minestrone and Broccoli Soup
Can I use other types of legumes?
Yes, all of them.
