Quick bean and pasta soup

Modern Dalmatian women have mastered preparing many traditional Croatian recipes, the quick and easy way. This is one example.

  • 30 min
Quick bean and pasta soup

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 70 g bacon (meaty part), cut in cubes
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1,3 – 1,5 L water
  • 1 tablespoon Vegeta
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon celery leaf, chopped
  • 400 g brown beans, canned
  • 2 tablespoons tomato concentrate
  • 150 g pasta
  • 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

Preparation

  1. In hot oil cook the onion and bacon.
  2. Mix in garlic and cover with a few tablespoons of water.
  3. Add Vegeta Gourmet Stock Powder, bay leaf, celery leaf and continue cooking, roughly 10 minutes.
  4. While this is cooking, boil some pasta.
  5. Cover the onion and bacon mixture with the rest of the water, and add in the beans, tomato concentrate and cooked pasta.
  6. Bring to boil and continue cooking for a few more minutes.

Serving: Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

Advice: To make the soup thicker, separate some beans and puree them. Then mix in to the soup.