Tuscan Tomato, Bean & Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

Serves 6
Prep time: 15 – 20 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes

3 potatoes, yellow, waxy, peeled and chopped into chunks
150ml extra virgin olive oil plus extra
2 brown onions, finely diced
5 cloves garlic, finely sliced
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
1 tbs Ardmona® tomato paste
1 tbs fennel seeds
2 bay leaves
6 sprigs of thyme
1 x 400gms can Ardmona® crushed tomatoes
1 litre water
1 chicken stock cube
500gms cabbage, sliced into chunks
250gms zucchini, finely diced
250gms of radicchio, coarsely chopped
1 x 400g can cannellini beans, drained and crushed
salt flakes and freshly ground pepper
2 tsp sugar
Stale crusty bread for bruschetta
Pecorino or parmesan cheese, shaved

Method

Partially boil potatoes in a saucepan of water for 15 minutes. Set aside.

In a large pot, cook oil, onions, garlic, celery and carrot over low heat for 15 minutes until golden. Stir in tomato paste, fennel seeds, bay leaves and thyme.

Cook a further 3 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, water, stock cube, cabbage, zucchini, radicchio, potato and cannellini beans.

Simmer for 25 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Finish with freshly shaved parmesan.

Serve with thickly sliced bread, toasted and rubbed with a raw garlic clove and a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.



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