Comments on: Pasta e Fagioli / Pasta & Bean Soup

By: erleen

erleen — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:08:33 +0000

hahaha! Doddie, you got me laughing!

promiscuitto – a promiscuous ham perhaps?

seems perfect for a raniy day!

By: Doddie Householder

Doddie Householder — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:18:04 +0000

MM,

I got borlotti beans!Tomorrow I will make Pasta e fagioli. I can’t wait to try it. It’s been raining here for more than a week. Tomorrow promises more rain. Perfect weather for your soup.

Doddie

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:10:52 +0000

Gonzo, you are right, good bread is hard to find here. Sometimes, if I make pakiusap the guy at Le Coeur he cooks his baguette for an extra minute or two so it gets a little overdone and the crust is crisper. Otherwise the hotels like the Peninsula have more of the loave style breads that will have to do… grace, the white beans sold in the grocery work, but are a different quality all together…

By: connie

connie — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:26 +0000

I absolutely love pasta e fagioli! I use ground beef, white and red beans and ditalini in mine though, trying to immitate the kind they serve at Olive Garden. LOL. I like mine a bit spicy too.

By: grace

grace — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:12:13 +0000

whoops! my bad, went right in and commented before i read your previous post. The beans are available here, I just didn’t know what they were.

By: grace

grace — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:09:51 +0000

this really looks yummy! will have to try it. I’m in Beijing though and i don’t think i’ll find those borlotti beans here. what can I substitute for it?

By: Doddie Householder

Doddie Householder — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:37:15 +0000

Yehey, now I got a recipe to start on. Too bad I can’t find ham bones here, more or less promiscuitto, or other deli meats. Not unless I travel to Seoul (1 and half hours by bus – ugh!). But I am copying the recipe now and will def. try it soon.

Doddie

By: gonzo

gonzo — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:02:14 +0000

yes thats a great soup. i’ve only ever had it in italy though. in fact i like all bean or pulse soups/dishes: mongo, fabada, north american style bean soups, indian dahl, arabic ful, .

Which reminds me, is it true that pinoys don’t like bean dishes? i’ve heard this many times from different people (all pinoy) but everyone i know seems to like beans.

and MM, you mention a nice crusty loaf to go with the soup. out of curiosity, where do you get your crusty bread? i always seem to have a hard time finding decent bread here.