Cannellini bean soup/stew

Zillah's picture
Submitted by Zillah on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 12:10pm.

Summary

Yield
Prep Time6 hours
RecipesCrockpot Cookery

Description

If you can't find cannelini beans, navy beans will do, but it's better with the real Italian white beans.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1T Olive oil
  • Just-boiled water
  • A couple of medium sized carrots, diced
  • Any or all of - 2-3 parsley stalks, couple sprigs of thyme (or 1tspn dried), 1-2 bay leaves, couple sprigs winter savoury
  • 1 tspn bouillon, or stock cube (optional)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1T Olive oil
  • Just-boiled water
  • A couple of medium sized carrots, diced
  • Any or all of - 2-3 parsley stalks, couple sprigs of thyme (or 1tspn dried), 1-2 bay leaves, couple sprigs winter savoury
  • 1 tspn bouillon, or stock cube (optional)
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

Place the onion and olive oil into your slow cooker and cook on high for about an hour.

Then add the garlic, drained beans, carrots, herbs and enough water to come about an inch over the rest.

(Alternatively, if you're not going to be around for the first hour, just shove it all in at once.)

Cook for 4 hours on high, or for about 6 on low and 2 on high.

A hour before you want to eat add the chopped spinanch and give it all a good stir. Pop the lid back on and let it cook for another hour. This is very flexible, so it could be 3 hours in to your 4 hour cooking time, or after 4 hours, then giving it another hour.

Taste your stew/soup and, if you feel it needs a bit of extra voom, add some bouillon or dried stock. Season with salt and pepper.

Add water to make to your required consistency - stew or soup as the occasion demands.

The stew version is great with baked potatoes or rice. Or you could add some pot barley when you add the spinach.


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neil's picture

something is missing from this recipe

Submitted by neil (not verified) on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:24am.

i'd love to make this recipe, i've been soaking a small quantity of canelli beans over night, and now, i see the recipe doesn't specify how much to use, and what quantity of spinach

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