Mary from the Sainsbury's Try Team
Sainsbury's free-from recipe 

Try using chestnuts instead of the beans for an unusual twist on this Tuscan soup.

 


    Tuscan white bean soup recipe   

   

Tuscan white bean soup

A hearty Tuscany-style soup with haricot bean and homemade croutons.

Free-from: wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free

   
 

 Recipe information:
 Serves:
 4
 Prep time:  10 minutes
 Cook time:  30 minutes

    One serving provides: 171 cals, 6.4g fat, 0.83 sat fat, 1.7g salt, 4.5g total sugars

 

Ingredients

1 clove garlic, crushed
100g leeks, thinly sliced
100g celery, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
180g swede, diced into 2cm cubes
1 litre vegetable stock made with 1 vegetable stock cube
2 bay leaves
1 x 410g tin haricot beans, drained

For croutons
Sainsbury's freefrom ciabatta cut into 1cm cubes
2 tablespoons of olive oil

Garnish
Celery leaves

 


Method

1.  Heat the oil in a large pan, then add the garlic, leeks and celery and cook over a medium heat until softened.  Add the swede and stir until lightly coated in oil.

2.  Pour in the stock and add the bay leaves.  Bring the soup to a simmer and cook until the swede is tender.

3.  Add the beans, stirring to heat through.  Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with celery leaves and freefrom ciabatta croutons.

To make croutons
1.  Cut 1 freefrom ciabatta into 1cm cubes. Toss with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and bake in a preheated oven at 180ºC, fan 170ºC, gas 4 until golden.

 
Sainsbury's freefrom

Sainsbury's freefrom ciabatta x 2

Ciabatta rolls made with extra virgin olive oil.
Gluten-free, wheat-free and dairy-free.  Suitable for vegetarians.

 

Please note: the most up to date allergy information is always on the product packaging.