{"id":5599,"date":"2023-02-24T00:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/ribollita\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T00:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:36:51","slug":"ribollita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/ribollita\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribollita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ribollita is a thick Tuscan stew &#8211; dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, thickened with day-old bread. It is hearty, filling, infinitely nourishing, and flat-out, the sort of food I crave. The amount of kale you collapse into each pot is impressive, and you&#8217;ll be patting yourself on the back before, during, and after you eat. Here are the details &#8211; it&#8217;s a soup I make constantly this time of year.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.101cookbooks.com\/RIBOLLITA-SOUP-23-1.jpg?w=620&amp;auto=format\" alt=\"Ribollita, a beautifully thick Tuscan stew with dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, and thickened with day-old bread\" width=\"620\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>I should mention, with ribollita, it&#8217;s one of those things where there are as many ways to make it as there are cooks. I normally use whole canned tomatoes this time of year &#8211; torn up. But had crushed tomatoes on hand, and they worked out nicely. You can use canned beans, beans cooked from dried, or cooked beans you&#8217;ve frozen and thawed. As far as guidelines go? Your ribollita should be thick &#8211; eventually. A sloppy sounding, bread stew. Use day old bread, preferably a rustic loaf cut (or torn) into big chunks. The bread absorbs the broth and simmers into beautifully plump zones of pillowy dumplings.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.101cookbooks.com\/RIBOLLITA-SOUP-23-2.jpg?w=620&amp;auto=format\" alt=\"Ribollita, a beautifully thick Tuscan stew with dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, and thickened with day-old bread\" width=\"620\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ribollita Shortcuts<\/h2>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a difficult soup to cook, although it does require some chopping. If you&#8217;re looking for a few ways to shave off some prep time. Use canned beans, and buy pre-washed &amp; chopped kale. Also keep in mind, this recipe results in a large pot of soup. Enough for a couple days of leftovers, or more, depending on the size of your family.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.101cookbooks.com\/RIBOLLITA-SOUP-23-3.jpg?w=620&amp;auto=format\" alt=\"Ribollita, a beautifully thick Tuscan stew with dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, and thickened with day-old bread\" width=\"620\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ribollita Adaptations<\/h2>\n<p>There are a bunch! In addition to the tweaks I mentioned up above, I suspect a number of you will want to know how to make it GF. Yes, you can absolutely make it without the bread. it&#8217;s not the same stew, and not really ribollita, but it is still wonderful. Bump up the amount of beans you use (both the whole &amp; mashed). I&#8217;ve also taken to substituting a cup of the white beans with 1 cup of uncooked French lentils (added with the tomatoes). Once the lentils are fully cooked proceed with the addition of the kale, beans, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>Toppings!<\/h2>\n<p>I like to add a bit of lemon zest to each bowl for a bit of brightness, and because I can&#8217;t help myself. And I also like the saltiness of a few olives alongside the kale, so that&#8217;s a little bonus as well. I&#8217;ll also drizzle a little thinned out pesto on top if I have it on hand, or, an herb oil made by pureeing olive oil, a couple garlic cloves, parsley, and marjoram together. This bowl was topped with a shallot and chiles oil.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.101cookbooks.com\/RIBOLLITA-SOUP-23-4.jpg?w=620&amp;auto=format\" alt=\"Ribollita, a beautifully thick Tuscan stew with dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, and thickened with day-old bread\" width=\"620\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Freezer-friendly Ribollita<\/h2>\n<p>This is an excellent freezer friendly stew. I like to make an extra-large pot of it, let it cool, and transfer it to freezer-safe containers. It&#8217;s good for a month or so frozen. If I <em>know<\/em> it&#8217;s a pot primarily bound for the freezer, I sometimes hold off on adding the bread. I&#8217;ll add it when I reheat later. But really, you can do it either way.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you love this, and I hope you make it. It has all the good stuff in one pot. It&#8217;s what I like to make when I feel like I need a bit of a re-boot. <\/p>\n<p>This is the place if you&#8217;re looking for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/soups\">soup recipes<\/a>, and I<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0included this recipe in my list of best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/best-bean-recipes\/\"><span class=\"s2\">bean recipes<\/span><\/a>, so be sure to check it out if you&#8217;re looking for more bean-centric inspiration. <\/span>Enjoy! -h<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/ribollita-recipe\/\">Ribollita<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\">101 Cookbooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ribollita is a thick Tuscan stew &#8211; dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, thickened with day-old bread. It is hearty, filling, infinitely nourishing, and flat-out, the sort of food I crave. 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