MeMe's Pasta Fagioli Soup (Minestrone Soup)

Amarante

Wed, Sep 11 2024, 3:35 pm

This is essentially a minestrone soup variant.

very easy since the V8 juice added some good tastes.

As advised I kept the pasta separate and added it to the bowls and so the pasta in the leftover soup when I reheat won't become degraded.

MeMe's Pasta Fagioli

MeMe's fagioli recipe features white cannellini beans, ditalini pasta with vegetables, lean hamburger, and herbs simmered in vegetable juice and chicken broth. It is similar to Italian chili, like Olive Garden's Pasta Fagioli, and even better on the second day.

Servings: 8

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 thin slice onion, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 (32 ounce) bottle tomato-vegetable juice cocktail (such as V8®)
1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cups ditalini pasta
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer beef to a paper towel-lined plate to drain; discard grease.

Heat olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat; sauté onion, celery, and carrot until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir vegetable juice cocktail, chicken broth, parsley, basil, oregano, and black pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook ditalini pasta in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Stir beef and cannellini beans into soup; cook and stir until soup is heated through, about 10 minutes.

Spoon about 1/3 cup pasta into each serving bowl; ladle soup over pasta.

Tips

Keep pasta separate from soup for leftovers and combine when reheating.