4 minestra bean soup Recipes

onions or 1 leek, chopped coarsely, garlic, chopped coarsely, celery ribs, chopped coarsely, extra virgin olive oil, tuscan kale or 1/2 lb cabbage or 1/2 lb kale or 1/2 lb swiss chard, shredded, cabbage, shredded, carrots, quartered,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, winter squash, peeled,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, all purpose potato, peeled,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, rosemary, thyme, fresh sage leaves, bay leaf, bean broth or 7 cups water, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, cooked white beans, toasted rustic bread, 1 3/4 inches thick rubbed with, garlic

dried borlotti beans, soaked for 8 hours, drained and rinsed, potato, roughly chopped, onion, roughly chopped, celery stalk, roughly chopped, carrot, roughly chopped, fresh bay leaf, fresh sage leaves, fresh rosemary sprig, italian parsley, garlic clove, pearl barley, pancetta or slab bacon, finely chopped, salt and pepper, extra-virgin olive oil

extra-virgin olive oil, spanish onion, thinly sliced, celery stalks, thinly sliced, leek, white and light green part only, thinly sliced, faro (may substitute wheat berries), borlotti beans, rinsed and drained, tomato paste, salt and freshly ground black pepper, water, fresh green peas, carrots , cut into 1/4-inch half moons, fresh basil leaves , cut into chiffonade, freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano