Pasta e Fagioli Soup

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp olive oil, divided
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup diced carrots (about 2 medium)
• 1 cup diced celery (about 3 stalks)
• 3 cloves garlic, minced (1 Tbsp)
• 3 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce
• 2 14.5 oz cans low-sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup water, then more as desired
• 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
• 2 tsp granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 3/4 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp dried marjoram
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup dry ditalini pasta
• 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 oz) can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
• Finely shredded Romano or Parmesan cheese , for serving
• 3 Tbsp minced fresh parsley

Instructions

• Heat one Tbsp vegetable oil in an exceedingly massive pot over medium high heat, crumble in hamburger or sausage and cook, stirring sometimes till stewed through.

• Drain fat from beef then transfer beef to a plate, set aside. Heat remaining one Tbsp vegetable oil in same pot.

• Add onions, carrots, and celery and saute over medium-high heat till tender regarding vi minutes, add garlic and saute one minute longer.

• Add broth, spaghetti sauce, water, canned tomatoes, sugar, basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram and stewed beef then season with salt and pepper to style.

• wake a boil then scale back heat to medium-low, cowl with lid and permit to simmer, stirring sometimes, till veggies square measure soft, regarding fifteen - twenty minutes.

• meantime prepare ditalani alimentary paste in keeping with directions on package, change of state to hard.

• Add stewed and drained alimentary paste to soup* at the side of urinary organ beans and nice northern beans. skinny with a touch additional broth or water if desired.

• permit to cook one minute longer. Stir in parsley, serve heat with grated Romano or cheese cheese.

• *If you do not arrange on uptake all of the soup directly i like to recommend adding the alimentary paste to individual servings. Otherwise alimentary paste gets soggy and absorbs an excessive amount of broth.