# Tuscan White Bean & Sausage Soup with Crispy Pancetta

This is a delicious Tuscan white bean and sausage soup with crispy pancetta, perfect for the fall season.

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

## Ingredients

- 4 oz pancetta, diced
- 1 lb Italian sausage (or preferred protein)
- 1 medium onion, finely diced
- 2 medium carrots, finely diced
- 2 celery stalks, finely diced
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp Calabrian chili paste (optional)
- 6 garlic cloves, minced (to taste)
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 0.5 cup dry white wine (optional)
- 4 cups Kettle & Fire Chicken Bone Broth
- 2 15 oz cans cannellini or Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- Parmesan rind (optional)
- 0.5 cup half-and-half or cream (room temperature)
- 0.5 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 2 cups fresh spinach or kale
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan (plus more for topping)
- 0.5 lemon
- to taste Salt
- to taste black pepper

## Instructions

1. Add diced pancetta to a large pot, turn on the heat, and let it render until crispy.
2. Remove the crispy pancetta.
3. Brown the sausage and then remove it.
4. Add a touch of sun-dried tomato oil and sauté mirepoix with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and Calabrian chilies.
5. Add garlic to taste.
6. Clear a center in the pan, add tomato paste, and let it cook off a bit before stirring with the rest.
7. Deglaze with white wine.
8. Add Kettle & Fire chicken bone broth, cannellini or Great Northern beans, rosemary, thyme, and bay leaves.
9. Bring everything to a boil, lower the temperature, cover, and simmer.
10. Once done, remove fresh herbs and the Parmesan rind if using.
11. Pour in heavy cream (or half-and-half) and sun-dried tomatoes.
12. Wilt in fresh spinach or kale.
13. Add back the crispy pancetta.
14. Finish with freshly grated Parmesan and lemon juice.

## Equipment

- large pot

## Tips

- Remove fresh herbs and Parmesan rind once soup is done simmering.
- Add lemon juice to taste.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMDkBoTeq/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b72da2d4-7d51-4156-85fd-cef449ea6ff9
- Extracted: 2026-01-14

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