Vegetarian Ribollita

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 15 min
  • Prep: 25 min
  • Cook: 50 min
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Ingredients

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling

1 medium onion, diced (2 1/2 cups)

1 rib celery, sliced (3/4 cups)

1 medium zucchini, diced (1 1/4 cups or 5 1/4 ounces)

2 carrots, peeled and diced (1/3 cup)

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 sprig fresh rosemary

Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1 head Savoy cabbage, cleaned and coarsely chopped or shredded (7 1/2 cups)

1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, in juice

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves

1 teaspoon dried marjoram

1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans

10 cups vegetable broth

4 cups cubed sourdough bread (about 1/2 loaf)

3 cups baby spinach leaves

1/2 cup shaved Pecorino-Romano

Directions

  1. In a soup pot or Dutch oven heat the 1/4 cup olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, zucchini, carrots, garlic, and rosemary; season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are soft and juicy, about 10 minutes. Add the cabbage, tomatoes, basil, and marjoram and season again with salt and pepper. Cook until cabbage is just tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the beans and vegetable broth, and adjust the heat to simmer gently for 20 minutes.
  2. Remove the rosemary sprig. Stir in the bread and spinach, increase the heat to medium and cook until the soup thickens, about 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into warm bowls. Top with cheese and a little drizzle extra-virgin olive oil.

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becca.baron

This soup turned out amazing, but with several tweaks based on the reviews. Thus, 5-star taste, but 4 stars on original recipe because it does need a couple tweaks imo. I was hesitant to make this, as these reviews were very polarized: it's either going to be amazing, or horrible. With the following edits, which were all based on reading the reviews below, it's amazing: increase to 2 cans of cannellini beans and 2 15oz cans diced tomatoes. add thyme, use vegetable base rather than stock; I also added more veggies, including about 2 c cauliflower; I used Kale instead of spinach; I did toast the bread, before cubing and adding to soup. I added about half the toasted bread right away, and then added half just before serving. delicious!!

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