Pasta E Fagioli is a hearty, flavorful Italian soup with hot Italian Sausage, a great marinara base, pasta, beans, and more! Basically it rocks, and you will love it with this easy recipe with lots of tasty shortcuts. Get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes.
Pasta E Fagioli (Soup)
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I want you to see how quickly and easily this soup is made, so I did a quick video to demo the steps.
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We always eat soup on Christmas Eve around here. And I love a good Italian soup. Pasta e Fagioli is my favorite!
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A Resourceful Single Mom
One thing I absolutely love about making this soup is how quickly and easily it comes together if you use a few shortcuts. One of my favorite shortcuts is to use Ragu Hearty Traditional sauce in it. Rather than mixing your own spice blend, and hoping the tomatoes you use have the right acidity and sweetness, I just pop open the lid and pour. Absolutely delicious.
Assunta, the founder of Ragu was an immigrant to the US, and a resourceful single mom. She started making her amazing sauces to help support her family. It was a family recipe passed down generation after generation, and now I get to use it in some of my own family traditions. I love it. And I guarantee my kids will be making this recipe for years to come. Hopefully with their own families on Christmas Eve.
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Pasta E Fagioli (Soup)
Ingredients
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- 1 Lb sausage spicy Italian
- 2 Tbs garlic Minced
- 3/4 cup yellow onion diced
- 3 carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 stalks celery washed and chopped
- 4 cups chicken stock I used water and 2 tbs chicken base
- 1 24 ounce Ragu Hearty Traditional sauce 1 bottle
- 1 can kidney beans drained and rinsed, 15 ounces
- 1 can Great Northern beans drained and rinsed, 15 ounces
- 1 1/2 cups Ditalini pasta
Instructions
- In a large pot, over medium-high heat, heat 1 tbs olive oil, and cook sausage until browned
- Remove sausage to a bowl, and set aside
- Add onions, carrots, celery, and minced garlic, cook 5-6 minutes
- Add in chicken broth and Ragu sauce, give it a good stir, bring to a boil, then put lid on, turn down to low heat, and let simmer 15 minutes
- Meanwhile, cook ditalini pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside.
- After the 15 minutes, add in drained and rinsed beans, and cooked pasta
- Serve immediately
Nutrition
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making made says
Do you have any video of that? I’d care to find out some additional
information.
Rachael says
Video of what? I have the video of making the soup. You can find it in the post. Or you can find it here: https://youtu.be/IsrLn4btjAk
Hershel Sturgill says
That was a really helpful post. Thanks!
Rachael says
My pleasure. Glad you liked it.