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Rach's Easy Italian Vegetable Soup Is So Hearty
"Rachael shares her easy vegetable soup with beans + pasta that's so hearty, it's a meal in itself!..."
INGREDIENTS
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2 carrots
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2 ribs celery
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2 medium onions
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2 small zucchini or seed 1 medium-large
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4 cloves garlic
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chopped or grated
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3 to 4 cups chopped greens (flat kale
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escarole or cabbage)
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1 head cauliflower or broccoli
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stemmed
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boiled in salted water 5 minutes and cold shocked
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3 tablespoons EVOO
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1 chunk of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese rind
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Salt and pepper
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1 ½ teaspoons dried oregano
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1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
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3 cups cooked borlotti beans
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defrosted or drained from jars
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or you can soak dried beans overnight and boil with onion
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bay and salt
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2 cups passata or tomato sauce
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1 quart vegetable stock
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A small handful of basil leaves
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torn
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½ pound short-cut pasta (semolina or egg)
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cooked 1 minute less than directions in salted water
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cooled
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drained and drizzled with oil to store
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if not eating all the soup immediately
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Grated cheese
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to pass
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Charred bread
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rubbed with garlic
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drizzled with good EVOO and sprinkled with flaky salt
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