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Pasta Fagioli Recipe
by ken davis

Pasta Fagioli

A really great Italian soup that is especially good as the weather begins to cool down...serve with a hunk of crusty bread and you have a meal!!

Rating: 5/5
Avg. 5/5 1 vote
Prep time: Italy Italian
Cook time: Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 2 # ground beef (I used 80-20)
  • 1-2 carrots, diced in to small pieces
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 3-4 cloves garlic
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1 t oregeno
  • 1 t basil
  • 1 t thyme
  • 1 t celery seed
  • 44 oz. petite diced tomatoes
  • 24 oz. spaghetti sauce
  • 3 quarts chicken broth
  • 2 15.5 oz. cans white cannoli beans
  • 1 15.5 oz.can red kidney beans
  • 1# ditalini cut macaroni (or other small cut)
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Brown ground beef and break up into small pieces, drain, set aside
  2. Slowly sweat carrots, onions and celery in olive oil
  3. In large stock pot mix ground meat and vegtables
  4. Add:
  5. Petite diced tomatoes
  6. Spaghetti sauce
  7. 2 quarts of chicken broth
  8. White cannoli beans
  9. Red kidney beans
  10. All the spices
  11. Bring all ingredients in stock pot to boiling and then simmer for 20-25 minutes allowing the flavors to blend.
  12. Add the 3rd quart of chicken broth and macaroni.
  13. Cook until macaroni is done.
  14. Serve with hard, crusty bread.