Tomato Soup With White Beans And Bacon Recipes

Steps:

• Cook the onion and bacon until the onion is softened.
• Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and break them up in the pan.
• Add the chicken stock and herbs and simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Remove the herb sprigs, add the beans and cook for about 5 more minutes to heat through.
• Add the Tabasco and pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle liberally with chopped parsley.
• Serve with shaved parmesan and crusty bread.

Steps:

• Cook bacon on medium heat in a large saucepan until lightly browned and fat is rendered. Use a slotted spoon to remove bacon from the pan. Set on a plate lined with a paper towel.
• Add the chopped onion to the pot, cook in the bacon fat on medium heat until soft. Add the minced garlic and cook a minute more. Add the chopped peeled potatoes and cook a few minutes more.
• Add the tomatoes and chicken broth. Cook until potatoes are cooked through, about 20 minutes (or longer).
• Stir in the brown sugar. Add half of the beans to the mixture. Use an immersion blender to blend about half of the soup mixture (or blend half of the soup in a standing blender and return to the pot).
• Add bacon to the soup and the rest of the beans. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve with crusty bread.

Steps:

• Peel the garlic, then smash the cloves using a meat pounder or the bottom of a heavy skillet until wispy and flat.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, heat the olive oil, then add the crushed garlic, and cook, smashing with the back of a wooden spoon and stirring occasionally, until golden brown and beginning to stick to the bottom of the pan, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add the white beans and their liquid, crushed tomatoes, stock or water, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then partly cover, reduce heat, and let simmer until thickened and fragrant, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Using an immersion or regular blender, purée the soup until smooth. Add cream or stock or water to thin as desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle with heavy cream before serving.