2.23.2008

Tuscan Beet Green Soup

I wish I knew of this simple soup this summer while I was still receiving my CSA share from Parker Farm. I received so many nice beets with the greens but I never really had anything to make with them that I enjoyed.


I received Mario Batali's "Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at home," as a gift this Christmas and have adapted this recipe form there.



1/2 cup of olive oil
1 onion, sliced
2 gloves of garlic, chopped
2 medium russet potatoes, diced
2 teaspoons sea salt
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 cups beet greens, cut into ribbons
3 cups water
3 cups chicken stock
1 can cannelli bean
1 bay leaf

In a large pot add your olive oil and bring to high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened, add remaining ingredients and cook over low heat for 45 minutes to an hour.

I topped this soup with Pecorino Romano cheese. I was also lucky enough to have potatoes in cold storage from my CSA for this soup, they really absorbed a lot of great flavor making them extra tasty. A nice thick slice of great homemade oatmeal bread for dipping made a wonderful accompaniment.

Enjoy your greens.

7 comments:

Cakespy said...

Jeez that sounds good. I love beets and basically everything in the soup, so I've got to give this one a try.

copykat chef said...

I do love beets and this sounds great!

Anonymous said...

glad you were able to use the bread in a creative way!!!

Tunch said...

Lookin' good, thief.


!susan

said...

My comment is late in coming.

I made this soap, but regressed to flouring the potatoes as in an Irish Potato & Leek soup, adding my homemade bread toasted croutons. Delicious! Bob and I feasted yet again on your good taste.

Thank you.

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