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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Cooking Thursday

Todays recipe is one of the soups I served to the Youth group when they came over this past weekend.  It's a hearty soup, modeled after something served at Olive Garden.  It makes a huge pot (9 quarts) so it's good for serving a group, but it also freezes well.  You could half the ingredients and still have enough for a family, but it freezes very well, so I always freeze half of it.


Pasta E Fagioli
3 teaspoons oil
2 lbs ground beef
14 ounces carrots, slivered
12 ounces onions, chopped
14 ounces celery, diced
48 ounces diced canned tomatoes
2 cups red kidney beans
2 cups white kidney beans
88 ounces beef stock
3 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 1/2 teaspoons pepper
5 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
48 ounces spaghetti sauce
8 ounces dry pasta shell macaroni, cooked as directed

Sauté beef in oil in large 10 quart pot until beef starts to brown.
Add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Drain and rinse beans and add to pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, rosemary, garlic, pepper, Tabasco and spaghetti sauce.
Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.
Add pasta about 10 minutes before serving.
Grate fresh Romano or Parmesan cheese onto soup before serving.

13 comments:

Terri D said...

Nice! Looks and sounds delicious!

Kim said...

Warm soup on cold days...perfect!!

Natalia said...

Oh yum, what a beautiful idea for a comforting abd delicious soup! I should definitely try this one. Have a lovely day☺

Linda said...

Yum! Have a great Thursday, smiles.

Arlene G said...

Looks like another Cold Day Recipe Mari. Yum!

Ramblings of a Retired Lady said...

looks so good and perfect for this winter weather.

Debi said...

This sounds delicious... thank you for sharing the recipe.

R's Rue said...

Yum.

Hootin Anni said...

Oh...I imagine this soup is quite delicious. Good on a very cold winter's evening.

Deb J. in Utah said...

Yes, that would feed a lot! Sounds really good. You always share the best recipes. Have a good weekend!

carrie@northwoods scrapbook said...

Perfect hearty comfort food! And everything at Olive Garden is yummy. I haven't had that soup there (the chicken gnocchi is my fave) but it sounds wonderful.

Annie said...

Looks so so good!

Jenny the Pirate said...

Pasta Fazool! Wonderful. So hearty and delicious. xoxo