Hearty Bean Pasta Soup
The clue is in the name. This hearty soup is guaranteed to warm up any cosy night in – made with cannellini beans, wholemeal pasta shells and low fat Quorn Chicken Style Pieces.
Serves 4
30 mins
Easy
276 kJ
(Per serving)
5g of fat
(Per serving)
Made with Quorn Pieces
Low in Fat
Good Source of protein
Good source of fibre
Ingredients
- 175g Quorn Pieces
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary
- 1 tsp marjoram
- ½ tsp thyme
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 425g tin cannellini beans
- 1½ litres vegetable stock made with 1 stock cube
- ½ tsp brown sugar
- 100g wholemeal pasta shells
- Italian style hard cheese, freshly grated (optional)
Method
- Pre-heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onions and cook for 5 minutes without colouring then add the garlic and cook for a further minute.
- Now add the tomato purée, fresh rosemary, marjoram and thyme. Stir for a minute and add the chopped tomatoes, beans, stock, sugar and seasoning.
- Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook a further 10-12 minutes.
- Then pour half the soup into a liquidiser and blend until completely smooth. Return the puréed soup to the rest of the soup, add the Quorn pieces and bring back to a simmer
- Add the pasta and cook for another 12-14 minutes stirring from time to time until the pasta is cooked.
Serve with grated cheese and freshy crusty bread.
Garnish with basil leaves and serve with crusty bread.
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