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Instapot Pasta e Fagioli

The Traditional Pasta and Bean soup, but "Faster"
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
NPR 30 minutes
Servings: 4 1.5 Cup
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 499
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Beans
  • 8 oz Red Kidney Beans dried
  • 8 oz Cannellini Beans dried
Soup
  • 2 oz Macaroni
  • 4 Slices Bacon Thick Cut, chunked
  • 8 oz Italian Sausage Out of casing
  • 2 stalks Celery Diced
  • 1 tsp Garlic Minced
  • 1 ea Carrot Large, diced
  • 1 ea Onion Medium, minced
  • 8 oz Tomatoes Diced
  • 8 oz Tomato Sauce
  • 1 tsp Italian Seasoning See notes for make your own
  • 5 cups Stock Chicken or Veggie
  • 1 ea Bay Leaves
  • 2 ea Fresh Thyme
  • 1 ea Fresh Rosemary
  • 1 pinch Chili flake
  • 1/2 tsp Black pepper

Equipment

  • InstaPot

Method
 

Beans
  1. Sort and rinse beans
  2. Place dried beans in instant pot with stock
  3. Add all to InstaPot Select Chili/Beans Set time for 45 Minutes Make sure the vent is set to seal
  4. After cooking let the pressure release normally. Do not vent let this drain, this takes about 25 minutes
  5. If you want, one can take a cup of the beans and mash / blend and return to add a creaminess
  6. Move to holding container and return instant pot liner to instapot
Soup
  1. Set instant pot to saute, add bacon and cook to render fat
  2. Add sausage and brown and breakup
  3. Add minced celery, carrots, and cook until translucent
  4. Add garlic and cook until fragrant
  5. Reserve 1/2 cup of beans
  6. Return a beans / juices to pot
  7. Add tomatoes and sauce to pot
  8. Add seasonings to pot
  9. Add pasta to pot
  10. Lid up and cook on high for 7 minutes, NPR for 15
  11. Taste, season and balance flavor.
  12. If the consistency is too loose, mash the reserved 1/2 cup of beans, and stir in, if too thin add stock and reserved beans, otherwise add reserved beans.

Nutrition

Calories: 499kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 22gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 2176mgPotassium: 821mgFiber: 10gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1499IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 92mgIron: 5mg

Notes

This is infact a hearty meal in itself.  A bowl of this, a small side salad, and several thick slices of buttered sourdough bread will satisfy the largest hunger
-------------   Italian Seasoning ---
  • 1 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tbsp chili flake  (adjust to taste)
  • 1 tbsp dried thyme
  • 2 tbsp dried parsley
  • 1 tbsp dried rosemary
  • 2 tbsp dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp dried basil
Combine and crush in a small bowl, store in air proof container.
One general comment on dried herbs, I was gifted a bit of "Organic Oregano" and was totally amazed at the taste it "brought to the table", as compared to the over the megamarket shelf.  IF one can, one should investigate local sources for dried herbs or plan, grow and dry your own.  Expect a set of posts on this

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