Pasta Fagioli (pasta And Bean Soup)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Italian	Italian, Pasta, Soups	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Northern white beans, soak
		overnight
1/2	c	Onion, chopped
1/3	c	Olive oil
2/3	c	Celery, chopped
3/4	lb	Ham
1 1/2	t	Basil
3	t	Italian seasoning
3		4 garilc clove minced
1 1/2	t	Black pepper
7	oz	Small shells pasta

INSTRUCTIONS

In a shallow pan, cover 1 pound Northern white beans with cold water
by 2 inches above beans.  Let sit overnight. Next day: Drain and  rinse
beans. Cover with cold water again in a pot, which can be used  on the
stove top and in the oven.  Bring to a moderate boil on stove  top.
Then place in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour,  covered.
Keep in liquid until ready to use.  In large pot saute 1/2  cup chopped
onions in 1/3 cup olive oil until pale yellow, on medium  heat. Add:
2/3 c. chopped celery, 3/4 lb. chopped ham.  Cook for 10  minutes. Then
add: Cook on medium low heat for 20-25 minutes. Reserve  2 cups of the
beans (to mash) and add rest of beans to vegetable  mixture. Cook for 5
minutes. Then add: Bring to a boil. Mash the 2  cups of beans and then
add this to the soup with: 1 1/2 tsp. basil, 3  tsp. Italian seasoning,
3-4 cloves garlic (or 1 1/2 tsp. minced  garlic), 1 1/2 tsp. black
pepper.  When soup boils add 7 ounce  package of small salad shells
until al dente (it still has a "bite"  to it, not too soft). Serve in
bowls along with a salad and garlic  bread for dinner or alone with
crackers for luncheon. This can be  frozen.  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest
V1 #238  Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 12:28:00 EDT  From:
colorado-pegg@juno.com (peggy g seevers)

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1132 Calories From Fat: 790 Total Fat: 89.1g Cholesterol: 244.9mg Sodium: 3862.2mg Potassium: 1399mg Carbohydrates: 21.9g Fiber: 5.5g Sugar: 9.8g Protein: 62g