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Simple Farro and Bean Soup is for Soup.

Simple Farro and Bean Soup takes several minutes to prepare.

Simple Farro and Bean Soup takes several minutes to cook.

Simple Farro and Bean Soup makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Simple Farro and Bean Soup are:

1 pound / 16 oz / 453g red beans, soaked for at least 4 hours preferably overnight, then drained

10 cups / 2.5 liters water
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped

28 ounce / 800g can whole, peeled tomatoes, drained and chopped

1 medium carrot, chopped

3 small-med (1/2 pound / 8 oz) new potatoes, chopped

2 stalks celery
2 cups / 13 oz / 370 g pearled farro
1 - 2 cups water or vegetable broth
fine grain sea salt to taste
1/2 head / 9 oz savoy cabbage, chopped
1/2 bunch / 4 oz kale, de-stemmed and chopped

Parmesan and olive oil to serve. Or do what I did with this bowl - whisk together a bit of leftover harissa and some olive oil for a spicier drizzle.

Here is how you make Simple Farro and Bean Soup:

Cook the beans in a large pot or stock pot with the 10 cups / 2 1/2 liters of water. When the beans are cooked, remove a generous scoop of them from the pot, place in a bowl and mash them well. Return to the pot.In a separate pan, saute the onion in the olive oil over medium-high heat. Just when it begins to color add them to the bean broth. Stir in the tomatoes, carrot, potatoes, celery, and farro. Bring to a boil again, then dial the heat down to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the farro is cooked through, 20 - 30 minutes. Be sure the vegetbles are cooked through as well. If you need to stir in more water or broth do so one cup at a time until the stew is the consistency you like. Taste. You are going to need to salt quite a bit. Start with a teaspoon and go from there until the flavors become bright.Stir in the cabbage and kale, and cook a few minutes more, until they collapse. Serve topped with plenty of freshly grated Parmesan and a generous drizzle of good olive oil (or alternately harissa oil/feta).When you go to reheat leftovers you may need to add water to thin the stew out, and then readjust the seasoning.Serving Size: 12Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CATCH23.

The nutritional information for Simple Farro and Bean Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 267.5

• Total Fat: 5.0 g
• Cholesterol: 1.2 mg
• Sodium: 475.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 49.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 11.5 g
• Protein: 9.0 g

The dietary needs meet for Simple Farro and Bean Soup is Vegetarian