Marcella Hazan's White Bean Soup with Garlic and Parsley

Name: Marcella Hazan's White Bean Soup with Garlic and Parsley
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon chopped garlic; 6 cups cooked cannellini or other white beans—either canned or cooked from 2 cups dried (recommended); Salt; Black pepper, ground fresh from the mill; 1 cup homemade broth or water (or 1/3 cup canned beef stock diluted with 2/3 cup water); 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; Thick grilled or toasted slices of crusty bread (optional)

Instructions

How to cook a soulful bean soup in 10 minutes? As Marcella Hazan used to tell her students, "What you leave out is just as important as what you put in." Adapted slightly from The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Knopf, 1992).

Updated at: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:14:28 GMT