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Zuppa di Farro della Garfagnana (Bean and Farro Soup from Garfagnana)
Category
Soup
Servings
4
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
2 hours
Ingredients
-
150 grams / about 1 cup farro
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150 grams / about 1 cup mixed dry beans (cannellini beans and borlotti beans)
-
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil + more for serving
- ½ golden onion
- ½ carrot
- ½ celery stick
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1 bay leaf
- 50 grams/ 1¾ oz pancetta, diced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
1.2 liters / 5 cups hot water
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 slices country bread, slightly toasted
Instructions
- The night before, soak the farro and the beans in a bowl with plenty of water.
- The next day, make the battuto: finely chop onion, carrot, and celery, and collect them in a medium thick-bottomed pot. Add the olive oil, the diced pancetta, a bay leaf, and a generous pinch of salt, and cook the aromatics on medium-low heat for 5 to 8 minutes, until softened.
- When the battuto is soft and golden, add the well-drained farro and beans, mix thoroughly to mingle the flavors, then add the tomato paste and cover them with hot water.
- Bring the soup to a boil on high heat, then reduce to the minimum and simmer, covered, for about one hour and a half, checking it from time to time to prevent it from drying up too quickly. The soup is ready when thick and creamy: farro will retain its characteristic chewy texture, but beans should be melt-in-your-mouth soft. There’s nothing worse than beans that are still al dente. Should they be still al dente, add more hot water - a ¼ cup increment per time - and cook the soup a little longer, until the beans are soft. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Ladle the farro soup into four bowls, add the toasted bread, and drizzle each serving with some olive oil, sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper, and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Nutrition Serving Size
- 4
- per serving
- Calories
- 487
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Carbs
- 67 grams
- Protein
- 20 grams
- Fat
- 17 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 3 grams
- Cholestrol
- 8 milligrams
- Sodium
- 1071 milligrams
- Fiber
- 12 grams
- Sugar
- 7 grams
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