Enjoy this vegan adaptation of Ina Garten’s rosemary white bean soup.
Rosemary White Bean Soup
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried white cannellini beans
- 4 cups sliced yellow onions 3 onions
- 1/4 cup good olive oil or substitute another oil for strict fast days
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 large branch fresh rosemary 6 to 7 inches
- 2 quarts vegetable stock or vegetarian “no-chicken” broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, cover the beans with water by at least 1-inch and leave them in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight. Drain.
- In a large stockpot over low to medium heat, saute the onions with the olive oil until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook over low heat for 3 more minutes. Add the drained white beans, rosemary, stock, and bay leaf. Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the beans are very soft. Remove the rosemary branch and the bay leaf. Pass the soup through the coarsest blade of a food mill, or place in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until coarsely pureed. Return the soup to the pot to reheat and add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve hot.
