Florentine Bean Soup

This is the authentic bean soup recipe from Florence. The Tuscans have been renowned for centuries for their great love of bean-eating! With the leftovers of a bean soup such as this one, you can make the famous Florentine speciality Ribollita. The soup is placed in a wide ovenproof dish, covered with thinly sliced onions, coated with a sheen of olive oil and heated in the oven until the onions form a perfect golden crust.