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Piedmontese Savoy Cabbage and Bean Soup

A hearty winter soup of Savoy cabbage, potatoes and white beans, enriched with a little pancetta and finished with fresh basil. It simmers long and slow for a spoon-coating texture.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total2 h 2 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1yellow onion, small
  • 1 clovegarlic, medium
  • 2carrots, medium
  • 1 stalkcelery
  • 55 gpancetta, sliced about 6 mm thick
  • 3 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  • 450 gSavoy cabbage
  • 225 gYukon Gold potatoes
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 1.2 Lbeef broth
  • 4 sprigsflat-leaf parsley
  • 270 gcanned cannellini beans, drained
  • 9 leavesfresh basil

Contains

  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Basil
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Gelatin
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised
  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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