Pasta Fagioli-Hearty Bean Soup

Course Soups and Stews

Ingredients in this Recipe

* 2 or more cups Greens of your choice, Swiss chard, kale, or spinach, sauteed in garlic and olive oil. Add to just about finished soup
*1 cups chicken broth, optional
1 can whole tomatoes and juice, rough chopped
1 large onion, half of it diced and the other half to float in simmering soup
1 leftover ham bone or 2 ham hocks
1/2 pound or more of tubetti pasta
12 cups water 2 cups less if using broth
2 bags of dried navy beans, picked over and rinsed
2 carrots one broken into large chunks, the other halved lengthwise and sliced
2 cups beef broth*optional
2 ribs celery, one diced one broken into large chunks and an *optional fennel bulb diced
2 3 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
dried or fresh herbs, rosemary, basil, oregano, parsley

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