# Pasta e Fagioli

A comforting pasta and bean soup, perfect for a Frank and Soup Sunday.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Red wine
- 2 links Italian sausage
- Ground beef
- Carrots
- Celery
- Leek
- 1 Onion
- Garlic
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Tomato paste
- Chicken broth
- 1 can Crushed tomatoes
- 1 can Kidney beans
- 1 can Cannellini beans
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 cup Ditalini pasta
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Pour a glass of red wine.
2. Slice Italian sausage lengthwise and remove the casings.
3. Peel and chop the carrots.
4. Chop the celery.
5. Chop the leek.
6. Dice the onion.
7. Mince the garlic.
8. Place the Dutch oven on the stove and add olive oil.
9. Add the Italian sausage and ground beef to the Dutch oven and brown, breaking it up with a meat chopper.
10. Once browned, remove the meat from the pot, leaving some drippings.
11. Add the chopped carrots and celery to the pot and sauté.
12. Add the diced onion and continue to sauté.
13. Add the chopped leek, salt, and pepper, and mix well.
14. Add the minced garlic and mix well.
15. Add tomato paste and mix well.
16. Pour in chicken broth and crushed tomatoes.
17. Add the cooked meat back to the pot.
18. Add kidney beans, cannellini beans, and bay leaves.
19. Cover the pot and let it simmer.
20. Ladle some of the bean mixture into a separate container.
21. Use an immersion blender to blend the mixture until smooth.
22. Add ditalini pasta to the pot.
23. Add the blended bean mixture back into the pot.
24. Grate Parmesan cheese into the soup.
25. Serve the soup in a bowl.
26. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with more grated Parmesan cheese.

## Equipment

- Wine glass
- Paring knife
- Cutting board
- Vegetable peeler
- Chef's knife
- Spatula
- Dutch oven
- Meat chopper
- Slotted spoon
- Wooden spoon
- Ladle
- Immersion blender
- Measuring cup
- Grater
- Serving bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@kristenfaith_eats/video/7453917303756000558?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3d7372b7-5522-4240-b065-e7cb728dc1ab
- Extracted: 2025-10-29

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