Italian Style Winter Soup Recipes

20 AUTHENTIC ITALIAN SOUPS

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• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a delicious soup in 30 minutes or less!

ITALIAN STYLE WINTER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and saute for 3 minutes, or until tender. Add the sausage, browning well on all sides, about 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock, oregano, basil and parsley. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add the rice and simmer for 30 more minutes. Finally, add the cream, stirring well. Remove from heat and let soup rest for 5 minutes before serving.

OUR BEST 30+ CLASSIC ITALIAN SOUP RECIPES (+PASTINA SOUP)

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• Boil the chicken broth and add the pasta, cooking for 5-8 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a bowl.
• Top with olive oil and cheese.
• Serve with rosemary sprig.

ITALIAN WINTER SOUP

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• Pour the beef broth and macaroni into a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until macaroni is tender.
• Cook the ground beef in a frying pan, stirring to break up large chunks, until meat is brown; drain off fat.
• Drain the beans (reserve the liquid).
• Puree 1 cup of beans with all the reserved liquid in a blender.
• When Macaroni is tender, stir the pureed beans, whole beans, cooked meat and spaghetti sauce into the pot.
• Heat though and serve.

WINTER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook onion with bay leaf and 1/2 teaspoon salt in oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add carrot and celery and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute, then add sweet potato, Yukon Golds, broth, water, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Purée 1 cup soup in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids) and return to pot. Bring to a simmer, then stir in peas and dill and cook until peas are heated through, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

WINTER MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Cook pancetta, onions, celery, and carrots in oil in a wide 7-to 9-quart heavy pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, while preparing chard.
• Cut out stems from chard and chop stems, reserving leaves. Stir chard stems into pancetta mixture with garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender and begin to stick to bottom of pot, about 45 minutes total. (Set aside chard leaves.)
• Push vegetables to one side of pot. Add tomato paste to cleared area and cook, stirring constantly, until it starts to caramelize, about 2 minutes. Stir paste into vegetables and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. (Paste may stick to pot, but don't let it burn.)
• Stir in tomatoes with their juice, breaking them up with a spoon, then add hot water (3 quarts), scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pot.
• Bring to a simmer. Stir in cabbage, escarole, and parmesan rind. Simmer, covered, until greens are tender, about 40 minutes.
• Coarsely chop chard leaves and stir into soup along with beans. Simmer, partially covered, 10 minutes. Discard rind. Season soup with salt and pepper. If using ditalini, stir in just before serving.