Classic Ribollita Recipe
Classic Ribollita Recipe is a hearty Italian soup made with cannellini beans, vegetables, and stale bread, perfect for warming up on a cold day.
Equipment
- Large heavy-bottomed pan
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
Canellini beans
- 150 g cannellini beans soaked in cold water overnight
- ½ onion onion peeled and cut in half (still attached at the root)
- 4 cloves garlic unpeeled and bashed
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 sprigs thyme
- salt
Ribollita
- olive oil
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 pinch chilli flakes
- 1 onion diced
- 1 medium carrot peeled and diced into 1cm cubes
- 2 sticks celery sliced
- 3 cloves garlic sliced
- 3 plum tomatoes quartered
- 2 medium potatoes peeled and cut into sixths
- 3 leaves cavolo nero roughly chopped
- 2 leaves savoy cabbage or swiss chard, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 sprig thyme
- 100 g stale bread torn into rough 3cm chunks
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
Preparation
- Cook the cannellini beans in a pan of salted water with the onion, garlic, bay, thyme and a healthy pinch of salt for 45 minutes, or until just undercooked. Drain and reserve the cooking water. Discard the onion, garlic and herbs.
- Add a splash of olive oil to a large, heavy-bottomed pan over a medium heat. Gently sweat the onion, garlic, carrot and celery with the herbs, chilli flakes, fennel and a pinch of salt until soft but without colour (about 10 minutes).
- Add the tomatoes and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the beans and reserved bean stock, topping up with water as needed. Simmer for 30 minutes.
- After this time, add the potato, cavolo nero, savoy cabbage and bread and simmer for a further 15 minutes, or until the potato is cooked. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- For best results, chill the soup after cooking and reheat the next day. Serve with a generous drizzle of good quality extra virgin olive oil and freshly cracked black pepper.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bowlCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 10gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 600mgPotassium: 800mgFiber: 8gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 100mgIron: 3mg
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