Pasta Bean Potage

Name: Pasta Bean Potage
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons olive oil; 1 each onions chopped; 1 each garlic cloves chopped; 1 each carrots sliced; 1 each celery stalks sliced; 1 each leeks sliced; 4 ounces ham cooked, cut into cubes; 7 ounces white kidney beans, canned rinsed, drained, prefer cannellini; 3 cups chicken broth; 2 ounces pasta spirals; 4 large tomatoes skinned, chopped; 1 tablespoon oregano chopped; 1 tablespoon marjoram chopped

13 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

4 teaspoons olive oil
1 each onions chopped
1 each garlic cloves chopped
1 each carrots sliced
1 each celery stalks sliced
1 each leeks sliced
4 ounces ham cooked, cut into cubes
7 ounces white kidney beans, canned rinsed, drained, prefer cannellini
3 cups chicken broth
2 ounces pasta spirals
4 large tomatoes skinned, chopped
1 tablespoon oregano chopped
1 tablespoon marjoram chopped

Directions

1

Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
2

Add the onion, garlic, carrot, celery and leek and cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3

Add the ham and cook for 5 minutes more.
4

Stir in the beans, stock and pasta spirals.
5

Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat, cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
6

Add the tomatoes, oregano and marjoram and simmer gently for 5 minutes more.
7

Season to taste with salt and pepper.