Name: Zuppa Toscana di Magro alla Contadina (Meatless Tuscan Peasant Soup)
Ingredients: 1 bunch of beet greens and a little thyme; 1 potato; 400 grams (about 14 ounces) of stale, soft brown bread; some rinds of bacon or prosciutto cut into strips; 150 grams (about 5-¼ ounces) of oil; 1 head of a medium-sized Savoy or regular cabbage; 2 liters (about 2 quarts) of water; 1 red cabbage, about the same size and perhaps more; 300 grams (about 10-½ ounces) of white beans

Prepared with the necessary care, this “modest” soup—whence the epithet “peasant”—will, I am certain, be enjoyed by all, including the not so modest.

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400 grams (about 14 ounces) of stale, soft brown bread
300 grams (about 10

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Put the beans on the fire in a pot with the water and bacon rinds. Beans, as you already know, are placed in cold water and if they absorb it all, you may add some hot water. While they are boiling, finely chop and mix one quarter of a large onion, two garlic cloves, two celery stalks the length of the palm of your hand, and a good pinch of parsley. Sauté all of this in oil, and when it begins

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58. Zuppa Toscana di Magro alla Contadina

Meatless Tuscan Peasant Soup

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