Bean and Pasta Soup

This Bean and Pasta Soup (Sopa de Feijão com Macarrão) is a classic everyday Brazilian recipe. This Brazilian version of Pasta e Fagioli Soup is creamy and calls for your favorite leftover beans recipe and other Brazilian flavors. It also includes an amazing breadcrumb topping for crunch! Delicious, nutritious and full of flavor, this soup is easy to make and easy on the wallet, too.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons Brazilian Sofrito (or 4-6 cloves of garlic, minced)
• 4 cups of leftover/cooked beans with liquid **see notes (or 3x 15oz cans, with liquid)
• 6 cups of water
• 2 cups short pasta, uncooked
• 3 thyme sprigs
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup of breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of Brazilian Sofrito (or 3 cloves or garlic, minced)
• red pepper flakes to taste
• salt and pepper to taste
• zest of 1 lime
• 2 sprigs of thyme

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- To Make the Soup ---
2. 2In a medium pan, heat up 1-2 Tbsps of olive oil.
3. 3Then, add in the onion and saute until transparent, 2-3 minutes.
4. 4Add in the sofrito and saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
5. 5Add in the beans, and let it cook 2-3 minutes, then, add the water, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a gentle boil, boil a few minutes and turn off the heat.
6. 6Blend the soup until creamy with a blender, or immersion blender. Pour the soup back into the pot.
7. 7Then add the thyme sprigs and the pasta, and let it cook until the pasta cooks through.
8. 8While the pasta is cooking, make the breadcrumb topping.
9. 9In a medium/large skillet heat up the olive oil.
10. 10Add in the Brazilian sofrito, and saute until fragrant.
11. 11Next, add in the breadcrumbs, the pepper flakes, and let it toast gently in the pan.
12. 12When the breadcrumbs are lightly toasted, season with salt and pepper, add in the thyme and the lime zest. Toss to combine and turn off the heat.
13. 13Serve the soup in bowls, with a drizzle of olive oil, breadcrumbs topping on top, and a lime wedge.