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Diamond_Dog

(34,535 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:49 PM Jan 2023

Pasta e fagiole

I think that’s how it’s spelled ….

My new favorite soup. My guys like it, too. I just made some.

Celery, carrots, minced garlic, cannellini beans, fresh spinach, basil, oregano, parsley, spaghetti sauce, ditalini pasta, and chicken broth. I like grated pecorino/Romano cheese on top.

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Pasta e fagiole (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #1
Thank you Chin music! Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #4
I like it too! 2naSalit Jan 2023 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #12
I suppose you could set your dipping bread on it, yes! Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #17
My hubby picked them out and sent away for them Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #15
He has good taste in dishes. 2naSalit Jan 2023 #18
.... Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #19
beautiful! NJCher Jan 2023 #2
Those bowls with the covers sound like a great idea! Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #5
I didn't use tomatoes Warpy Jan 2023 #3
Oh you can't skimp on the garlic! Lol Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #6
Is this the dish that the lead character "Tony" of "The Soprano" loved? brush Jan 2023 #7
Maybe! I never saw the Sopranos. 🙂 Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #9
If you want to eat the pasta e fagioli like my neighbor in Venice ... fierywoman Jan 2023 #8
Thank you fierywoman! Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #10
I'll be right over! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #13
Come on over! Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #14
Lol SheltieLover Jan 2023 #16
I found a recipe that uses roasted red peppers Retrograde Jan 2023 #20
Yum Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #21
Used to hear it as Pasta Fazool, and elleng Jan 2023 #22
My hubby, who grew up with many Italian friends, calls it that. Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #23

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Diamond_Dog

(34,535 posts)
4. Thank you Chin music!
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:35 PM
Jan 2023

My hubby sent away for the bowls from Replacements.com

I hate to spend too much on bowls since I occasionally break one but I don’t want plastic, either. I thought he spent too much on them. Lol

Response to 2naSalit (Reply #11)

Diamond_Dog

(34,535 posts)
15. My hubby picked them out and sent away for them
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 05:57 PM
Jan 2023

I don’t have patience to search the Net like he does.

NJCher

(37,743 posts)
2. beautiful!
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:02 PM
Jan 2023

I just put some limas in to soak. I may make Savoy cabage/shredded pork/lima soup later.

I, too, love the dish. I've been looking for new soup bowls but haven't found any I like yet.

I guess I should get out the heavy black stoneware ones we have.
They have covers and are great to put in the oven to get the bowl warm, which keeps the soup hot during mealtime.

Diamond_Dog

(34,535 posts)
5. Those bowls with the covers sound like a great idea!
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:38 PM
Jan 2023

I occasionally break soup and salad bowls and don’t like to spend a lot of $ on them but I surely don’t want plastic bowls, either. My hubby sent away to Replacements.com for these and I thought he spent too much.

Enjoy that cabbage soup, Cher!

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
3. I didn't use tomatoes
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:12 PM
Jan 2023

and I used cheap navy beans rather than expensive cannellini beans and I didn't spare the garlic. I found a Parmesan rind cooked with the beans did great things for the end result.

It was a cheap and hearty cold weather soup that I made even when I wasn't skint.

Diamond_Dog

(34,535 posts)
6. Oh you can't skimp on the garlic! Lol
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:42 PM
Jan 2023

My grocery store carries organic cannellini beans $1.29/15 oz. can. Not too bad. I would think most any kind of beans would be delish. I will have to try your Parmesan rind idea.

fierywoman

(8,100 posts)
8. If you want to eat the pasta e fagioli like my neighbor in Venice ...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:48 PM
Jan 2023

after the soup is finished, as you are about to serve it, make a salad with a lot of bitter greens (escarole, arugula, etc) and then make a vinaigrette that is very heavy on the vinegar, mix the salad, put it into the piping hot soup. The soup will slightly cook the greens and the vinegar is delish in the soup.

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
20. I found a recipe that uses roasted red peppers
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 04:23 PM
Jan 2023

in place of tomatoes: I like it more than the usual pasta e fagioli. I also use the borlotti beans I grow.

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