Best White Bean And Escarole Soup Recipes

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan along with the onion, celery, carrot and garlic. Season with the salt and cook, stirring often for about 4 minutes, or until fragrant and soft. Add the red pepper flakes, if using, and cannellini beans and stir to combine.
• Add the broth and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium to maintain a gentle simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add the escarole and stir to wilt. Cook an additional 5 minutes. Serve topped with a drizzle of the remaining olive oil, fennel pollen and Parmigiano-Reggiano, if using.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH ESCAROLE, DAWN V.

Steps:

• 1. Remove the sausage from its casing and set aside. 2. Heat a stock pot or Dutch oven on medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan. 3. Add the chopped escarole, one clove of crushed garlic, a pinch of sea salt, and sauté until wilted. Adjust heat to prevent burning. Remove from the pot and set aside. 4. Add the sausage to the pan, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Cook on medium heat until browned and slightly caramelized. Remove from the pan and set aside with the escarole. 5. Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to the pan. 6. Add the onions and cook on medium heat until slightly caramelized. 7. Add the remaining crushed garlic and stir to incorporate. 8. Immediately add the wine to deglaze the pan and prevent the garlic from burning, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. 9. Return the sausage and escarole to the pan and stir to incorporate. Add the tomato paste, stir to incorporate. 10. Add the beef broth and crushed tomatoes, stir to incorporate. Let simmer on medium until the soup just comes to the boil. 11. Taste for salt and pepper; add as needed to taste. Add the dried oregano. 12. Add the Cannellini beans and simmer on medium/low for 20 minutes; adjust heat as needed to prevent a rolling boil. 13. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper as needed. 14. Serve warm with shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano on top.

WHITE BEAN, BACON, AND ESCAROLE SOUP WITH DAD'S SAUSAGE BREAD

Steps:

• Place the beans in cold water to cover by about 3 inches. Soak for 8 hours or overnight, refrigerated. Drain well and set aside.
• Combine the whole garlic clove, thyme, peppercorns, and bay leaf in a cheesecloth bag. Tie the bag closed and set aside.
• Place the bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat and saute for about 7 minutes or until the fat has rendered out and the bacon is crisp. Drain off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat. Add the onion, carrot, leek, and celery and saute for about 5 minutes or until the vegetables are soft but have not taken on any color. Add the reserved soaked beans and cheesecloth bag along with the stock or broth and bring to a boil. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for about 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are very tender.
• Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the escarole and saute for about 4 minutes or until the escarole is wilted. Add the escarole to the soup. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and, if using, crushed red pepper. Serve hot with Dad's Sausage Bread, if desired.
• Heat the water, olive oil and honey in a small saucepan over low heat to 115 degrees. Set aside and keep warm.
• Combine flour, yeast and salt in a large mixing bowl. Slowly drizzle water mixture over the flour, blending the liquid in with a wooden spoon. If the dough is too sticky to handle, add additional flour, 1/4 cup at time. Place the dough on a clean surface and knead for about 10 minutes. Cut the dough into 3 equal pieces and form each piece into a loaf shape. Cover and allow to rise for about 1 hour or until loaves have doubled in size.
• While the dough is rising, place the sausage and black pepper in a nonstick saute pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes or until nicely browned. Drain off excess fat; place the sausage on a triple layer of paper towel to drain thoroughly.
• Place 2 of the eggs in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside. Place remaining egg in another small bowl and whisk to blend. Set aside.
• Combine the sausage with the mozzarella, Parmesan cheese and parsley. Add the 2 beaten eggs and mix to combine well. Set aside.
• Cut into but not through each loaf of dough, lengthwise, and open up each half. Place an equal portion of the sausage mixture down the center of each loaf. Pull the sides up and over the sausage to encase it, working the dough closed. Place the loaves, seam side down, on a greased cookie sheet or pizza stone. Cover and let rise for 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Using a pastry brush, lightly coat each loaf with remaining beaten egg. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes before cutting. Serve warm.

ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook escarole in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 5 minutes, then transfer with slotted spoon to a large bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Drain escarole in a colander, pressing gently to remove excess water.
• Heat oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, garlic, celery, and carrots, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 8 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and water and bring to a boil, then add escarole and beans and simmer, uncovered, until carrots and celery are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

WHITE BEAN AND BACON SOUP WITH ESCAROLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 12 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a plate.
• Add onions and shallot to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent and soft, about 8 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more.
• Return bacon to pan. Stir in stock, beans, thyme, cayenne, and 1 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover, and simmer 30 minutes. Uncover, and cook until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours more.
• Stir in escarole. Cook 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium sized soup pot combine the beans and stock and bring to a boil on high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, oregano, escarole, and juice from the tomatoes. Break the tomatoes up a bit with your hands before you add them. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• In a skillet heat the olive oil. When it is hot add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute and then add your Aleppo pepper. Cook together for about 1 more minute. Try not to let it burn.
• Add the oil with garlic and pepper to the soup, and let cook for 5 more minutes. Add salt and pepper if needed.

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP WITH SPICY POLENTA

Steps:

• Place beans in heavy medium saucepan and add enough cold water to cover by 3 inches. Soak overnight. Drain. Return beans to pan. Add 8 cups water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer gently until beans are tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool beans completely in liquid.
• Place remaining 4 cups water, prosciutto, 1/2 garlic head, and 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds in heavy large saucepan. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Strain prosciutto broth into large measuring cup, reserving solids in strainer for soup. Add enough water to prosciutto broth to measure 4 cups. Return broth mixture to same saucepan. Add dried crushed red pepper, 2 tablespoons oil, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds. Gradually whisk in polenta. Bring to boil, whisking constantly. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease large baking sheet. Spread polenta on prepared baking sheet, pressing with wet hands into 1-inch-thick round. Make 2-inch hole in center to allow steam to escape during baking. Brush with 1 tablespoon oil. Bake until crisp at edges, about 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, drain beans, reserving 3 cups cooking liquid. Heat remaining 1/2 cup oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add remaining 1/2 garlic head, cut side down, and sauté 2 minutes. Add escarole and sauté until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add beans with 3 cups cooking liquid. Remove skins from garlic in reserved solids from prosciutto broth; add solids to soup. Simmer soup 10 minutes to blend flavors. Season soup generously with salt and pepper. Discard remaining halved garlic from soup.
• Ladle soup into shallow soup bowls. Cut polenta into wedges. Serve alongside soup.

ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Fill a large basin with water and add escarole; drain basin, refill with water, and return escarole to basin. Repeat this process at least 4 times, or until basin is free of sand. Drain, and chop escarole into bite-size pieces.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add escarole and cook 20 minutes. Drain.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add beans in their liquid, oregano, red-pepper flakes, chicken broth, and escarole. Raise heat and bring soup to a simmer; cover and cook 15 minutes.
• Place biscotti in individual serving bowls. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with Parmesan cheese.

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot, over medium heat, add the pancetta, and cook until just brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer the pancetta to a plate with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the onion to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally until golden, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic, rosemary, and pepper flakes, cook until translucent, about 3 minutes more.
• Stir in the escarole and cook until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the broth, beans, tomato, and bring to a gentle simmer. Season with salt, to taste. Cover, and cook until slightly thickened, about for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the reserved pancetta and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve in bowls with a drizzle of olive oil and Parmesan, if desired.

WHITE BEAN, WHEAT BERRY, AND ESCAROLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a bowl soak beans in water to cover by 2 inches overnight or quick-soak (procedure follows) and drain.
• In a heavy kettle (at least 5 quarts) simmer ham hocks and wheat berries in water and broth, covered, 1 hour. Add drained beans and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and skim froth. Add onions, carrots, celery, bay leaf, and rosemary and simmer, covered, until beans are tender, about 1 hour.
• Transfer ham hocks with a slotted spoon to a cutting board. Discard fat and bones and chop meat.
• In a blender or food processor purée 3 cups soup. Stir purée into soup with chopped meat and escarole and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Stir in garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Soup may be made 4 days ahead (cool uncovered before chilling covered.)
• In a large saucepan combine dried beans, picked over and rinsed, with triple, their volume of cold water. Bring the water to a boil and cook beans, uncovered, over moderate heat 2 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let beans soak 1 hour.

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch over medium-low heat. Add onion, carrot and garlic and sauté until onion is golden and tender, about 7 minutes. Discard garlic. Add escarole; stir 3 minutes. Add 4 cups broth, beans and tomatoes and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until escarole is tender and flavors blend, about 20 minutes. Thin with more broth, if desired. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Lade soup into bowls. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

V8 ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepot, add 1st eight items and simmer on medium-low for 20 minutes.
• Add escarole and cool 3 minutes, or until wilted.
• Stir in cheese and serve.
• Garnish with fresh parsley and/or additional Parmesan cheese.

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, or boil for 3 minutes and then soak for 1 hour. Drain beans, discarding the soaking liquid. Simmer beans in stock with onion, garlic, and bay leaves until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Blanch pancetta in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain, and add to the soup halfway through cooking.
• Wash escarole, and pat dry. Roughly chop escarole; set aside.
• When beans are thoroughly cooked, add chopped escarole. Simmer for 2 minutes, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

ITALIAN ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook the pasta to al dente in a pot of salted water. Drain and set aside. Heat a large nonstick pot over medium heat. When hot, add the oil and onion and cook, stirring, until golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the broth and beans and bring to a boil. Season with black pepper to taste, and then add the escarole. Cook until the escarole wilts, about 15 minutes. To serve divide the cooked pasta among 6 serving bowls. Ladle the soup over the pasta, sprinkle with Parmesan, if desired, and serve.

WHITE BEAN AND BACON SOUP WITH ESCAROLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 12 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a plate. 2. Add onions and shallot to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent and soft, about 8 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more. 3. Return bacon to pan. Stir in stock, beans, thyme, cayenne, and 1 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover, and simmer 30 minutes. Uncover, and cook until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours more. 4. Stir in escarole. Cook 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

ESCAROLE AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Soak the escarole in water. Rinse and repeat. Make sure you clean it well, Escarole has a lot of sand typically so you want to do this several times.
• 2. Once Clean - roughly chope the escarole. Saute in a pot with garlic and olive oil so the flavors combine.
• 3. Cover the escerole with water and let it simmer. While the pot is simmering, clice the pepperoni. You can buy a bag of sliced but it may be two thin so I would still use a stick. My mother cuts the pieces in half.
• 4. Add the chicken stock, beans and pepperoni to the pot and boil, then simmer for at least 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to tast.
• 5. Serve in soup bowls. We add grated romano, red crushed pepper, and have think crusty bread for dunking in the broth.

WHITE BEAN AND ESCAROLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until translucent. Add the garlic and continue to sauté, stirring frequently, until both are golden.
• Add the broth and beans, turn up the heat, and bring to a rapid simmer. Stir in the escarole and half of the parsley, lower the heat, cover, and simmer gently for 8 to 10 minutes, until the escarole is tender.
• Stir in additional water as needed. The soup should be dense, but not overly so. Return to a simmer. Stir in the remaining parsley, season with salt and pepper, and serve.
• menu suggestions
• For a simple, light meal, serve with fresh bread and one of the Recipe Not Required mixed greens salads (page 192).
• For a heartier meal, serve with Zucchini and Polenta Marinara (page 200) and a platter of raw vegetables and olives.
• See the menu with Pasta Puttanesca (page 133).
• nutrition information
• Calories: 183
• Total Fat: 5g
• Protein: 6.5g
• Carbohydrates: 26g
• Fiber: 7g
• Sodium: 460mg