Hearty Bean and Pasta Soup

Hearty Bean and Pasta Soup

By Quorn
Warming soup that is great as a light meal or filling lunch. Perfect served with grated cheese and fresh crusty bread.
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Ingredients

14 total
  • 175 g of quorn meat free chicken pieces
  • 3 tbsp of tomato puree
  • 1 handful of italian style hard cheese, freshly grated
  • 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
  • 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp of fresh chopped rosemary
  • 1 tsp of marjoram
  • 0.5 tsp of thyme
  • 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 425 g of cannellini beans
  • 1.5 l of vegetable stock
  • 0.5 tsp of brown sugar
  • 100 g of small wholemeal pasta shapes

Method

5 steps
  1. Step 1

    Pre-heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onions and cook for 5 minutes without colouring then add the garlic and cook for a further minute.

  2. Step 2

    Now add the tomato puree, resh rosemary, marjoram and thyme. Stir for a minute and add the chopped tomatoes, beans, stock, sugar and seasoning.

  3. Step 3

    Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for a further 10-12 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Pour half the soup into a liquidiser and blend until completely smooth. Return the pureed soup to the rest of the soup, add the Quorn Pieces and bring back to a simmer.

  5. Step 5

    Add the pasta and cook for another 12-14 minutes stirring from time to time until the pasta is cooked.