White Bean Tortellini Soup with Broiled Havarti Toasts.
It’s full blown soup weather and I don’t hate it.
In fact, I neeeeeed it.
Especially right now. Yesterday I spent six plus hours organizing our awful deep-shelved pantry only to come out with it looking EXACTLY the same. I thought maybe I was overreacting (not sure why because I NEVER EVER do that) and told Eddie to look inside and he’s like… hmmm. Yep, looks the same.
IT LOOKS THE SAME. I want throw everything out of it and just leave it on the floor for rest of my life. My new solution is to take the entire dining room out and turn it into a big walk in pantry. Because that’s normal. Like who needs a dining room in 2014? Don’t we all sit on the couch and eat dinner while watching Sons of Anarchy for the third time?
Don’t answer that.
Just give me ten bowls of soup with a crapload of bread and cheese so I can eat my emotions.
P.S. I have no idea what kind of LL Cool J things are going on with my pants in that reflection.
Every year around this time I start to lose my mind over soup and have about forty on the list to make. I’m a devout soup lover. I make no bones about it.
The worst part is that Eddie so ISN’T a soup lover. He does chili with tons of meat and maybe a chicken chili and maybe a chicken noodle soup before eating a chicken breast for dinner. Which means I make big ass pots of soup and am then responsible for taking down the entire thing myself. Sometimes I freeze it. Other times I eat it for lunch and dinner for like six days straight. That is, if I really, really love it.
This here is one of those.
It is some serious vegetarian soup packed with fresh spinach, white beans, crushed tomatoes and cheese tortellini. And more cheese grated inside of course. I mean, spinach makes it serious, right? This is the next recipe from my autumn DeLallo video and I’m eeeeexcited about it. You can use whatever tortellini you love – filled with whatever the heck you want – just make sure it isn’t cooked so it boils for a few minutes in the soup. Then you’re good to go. I used this dry three cheese tortellini which was one of my early pregnancy go-to’s… when I didn’t want to eat a thing, I’d make that with butter and… more cheese.
Shocking. My entire life is just all cheese all the time. I ate a cheese quesadilla yesterday for lunch too in case you were wondering.
It’s a super satisfying soup though. And making it even better is – you guessed it – nah, I won’t even say it. But this time, bread too. I took some ciabatta and sliced it into little crouton-y nuggets, threw it under the broiler with piles of Havarti on top and let it go until melty and bubbly.
It’s like a giant cheesy crouton in your soup. Using a hearty bread is key. Oh and… make extras. Lots.
White Bean Tortellini Soup with Broiled Havarti Toasts
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 12 ounces fresh spinach
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
- 12 ounces cheese tortellini
- 1/3 cup freshly grated parmigiano-regianno cheese
broiled havarti toasts
- 1 baguette or loaf of ciabatta bread, sliced
- 6 to 8 ounces havarti cheese, sliced (easiest if the cheese is COLD)
Instructions
- Heat a large soup pot over medium-low heat and add the olive oil and butter. Once the butter has melted, add the onion and stir to coat, then cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, paprika, salt, pepper and tomato paste. Cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in the fresh spinach, stirring continuously until it wilts under the heat. Add the crushed tomatoes, beans and stocks, then increase the heat and bring the soup to a high simmer. Simmer for 5 minute, uncovered. Add in the tortellini (they should NOT be cooked – be it dried or frozen) and cook according to the directions on the package, only 5 minutes or so. You want this to be the last step so the tortellini doesn’t fall apart in the soup! Stir in the freshly grated cheese right before serving. Serve with a havarti toast (or three) on top.
broiled havarti toasts
- Preheat the broiler to high in your oven, placing an oven rack directly underneath the broiler. Place the bread slices on a baking sheet and cover them with slice of havarti. Place under the broiler for 1 minute or slightly more, watching the ENTIRE time, until the cheese is bubbly. Remove immediately and plop in the soup.
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77 Comments on “White Bean Tortellini Soup with Broiled Havarti Toasts.”
Yum!!!
There is definitely no shame in eating too much cheese especially after pantry cleaning. I spent a whole weekend re organizing my kitchen, only to have it trash the next day… #bakingproblems
Glorious comforting soup recipe!
We’ve been making tortellini soup like it’s our job here! Sooo freaking yummy. Those havarti toasts just make this look over the top amazing. Need to try!
My husband does not really count soup as a meal, in his mind it’s more of an appetizer :) Love this soup, how simple it is and how delicious it would be to eat. mmmm!
Oh.my.goodness!! I can just smell the goodness coming from this soup!
I had to laugh at you “eating your emotions”. I eat my feelings with truck loads of ice cream! Why can’t it be celery or kale? Why-y-y-y?
Is it bad that I’m most excited about the Havarti toasts in this recipe?? The soup looks so delicious too ;) Can’t wait to recreate both!
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tortellini in soup? I love it! I am wanting to make all the soup things too now that it’s finally feeling like fall in California.
I just bought some smoked paprika at TJMAXX. Perfect. I usually use my toaster oven ,but all I have to say is NEVER toast tacos in it and get distracted. Need I say more.Now I know where all the smoke alarms are…………..
I am cracking up right now over this post. I just “organized” all the spices and baking things to get ready for Holiday baking and BOOM they look the friggin same still. AHHH!! Delicious soup, Jessica. I want to slurp up the whole pot!
My whole outfit got drenched on my way to work this morning and all I want is to sit at my desk and warm up with a giant bowl of this soup!!
The soup looks perfect and I’m a soup lover too! Except it’s been like almost 80 here still. Weird. But that hasn’t fully stopped me! And these havarti toasts…want! No, need! Pinned!
Is it weird if I want to swim in soup — because I do. This one is particular!!
YUUMM
I am a big fan of soup weather too! This soup looks amazing! Must try!
Looks delicious!! My mom makes a very similar recipe, but it has italian sausage in it instead of beans. Like the veggie option! Also — LOVE that you emphasized to watch the broiler the ENTIRE time. I literally forget that I have things in the broiler and burn them every.single.time. i use it!!
Mmm love the addition of tortellini!
I am totally a soup person too. Even during summertime here in FL, I still crave it. Havarti is my favorite cheese of all time (wait, or is goat cheese?), so you had me there. Plus the tortellini!! I love it. Thanks for sharing!
oh I love soup, such a comfort food during this rainy weather in NY. I recently made a kale bacon soup to die for!
Looks delicious! Does the tortellini reheat ok, or fall apart?
Ha. I stopped organizing my pantry for this reason – it always looks the same as before I started!
We are tortellini soup twins today! Just made a 15 minute tomato bisque but your white bean soup is calling my name!!
I feel your pantry pain. Have you thought of re-shelving it?
Yuuuum this looks too good!! I was waiting anxiously for the recipe when I glimpsed it on your video! I am also a major soup lover and have about forty on my list to make too!
You can only make such badass soup while wearing LL Cool J sweatpants with one leg rolled up. Fact.
Mmmm!! Bread!!! Haha.. That looks so yummy! I’m saving this for later.
Tortellini in soup. Genius.
So I am dying to make this, but my picky man eater, doesnt really like thin soups and would prefer something more along the lines of a chowder or stew. Any idea if i could add cream or a cornstarch/water mixture to thicken it?? Also, we are making your Polenta and Mushrooms (after i spent half a grocery shopping trip explaining the difference between Polenta and Grits since we live in GA) next week from the book and it’s the most excited I’ve been about food since i ate a deep fried chili cheese dog at a baseball game for my birthday this summer.
One word: yummy! x
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Great minds think alike! i just made a tortellini soup a couple of weeks ago!
I love it so :) Viva la soup!
Hahahaha @ the LL Cool J pants! Thats awesome. Pinning this soup now, it looks too good to not make!
You had me at tortellini soup, but you hooked me further with those cheese toasts :) I love havarti.
I want this soup sooooo bad. I’d probably eat the whole loaf of bread with it though. I almost don’t want to tell you this but I know you will commiserate. After I had my son (he’s 1) I became lactose intolerant. Nooooooooooooooo. Yes. I loved cheese so much even my passwords for bills were CHEESE. Eat it all now girl. You never know.
This soup looks amazing, but can I just admit for a second how worried I was that something awfulterrible happened when you didn’t post yesterday?!? Glad you are alive and ok haha
A few things: 1. Thank you so much for posting this recipe I cannot wait to make it. 2. It only takes 30 minutes!? I only HAVE 30 minutes! Why? you might ask. Well, I have a newborn who is either attached to my boob, pooping, screaming, or sleeping. The sleeping part is where the cooking part comes in and why I only have 30 minutes. She typically sleeps longer, but I can’t bank on a 2 hour nap and then have to leave something on the stove to tend to a screaming baby. 3. As a lover of food and cooking, I miss it the most and am dying to cook delicious homemade meals again. I am really looking forward to reading your blog after you have your bundle of joy and see how you have adapted to life as a mother and fit in your cooking. I would say I’m failing at balancing the two (baby comes first, duh!) but I really, really want to fit cooking back in. With all of that said, I’m going to attempt this 30 minute soup with a 3 week old, wish me luck!
It comes with time. Be gentle on yourself you just had a baby! Lots of cultures take 40 days to pamper new moms so totally no guilt in taking a few weeks off of cooking. :)
Also embrace the slow cooker….it’s your new cooking maid. 10 min break in the morning? Throw in the frozen chicken thighs and some stock. 10 min at lunch? Veggies. 10 min in afternoon? Rice or noodles. Make hubby pickup crusty bread. Dinner=Cue the hallelujah chorus.
Thank you! I need to remind myself I had a baby 3 weeks ago… Haha. But, I did make the soup! Hubs got home just in time to take the wee one as she woke so I could finish it up.
I am totally going to embrace the slow cooker!
Sometimes I think I cannot possibly love you more, but then you post stuff like this and I’m like “she just GETS me”. I swear I could have written this ENTIRE post myself! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find some cheese.
I’m a sucker for soup recipes in the fall and it’s like I can already taste this one.
Soup, soup, soup! Everything about this is so comforting and homey. :)
One can never overreact when it comes to organizing pantries! Nevereverever. Ever. Also, this soup. I need it in my life!
Ahh I love this!! And my pantry is ALWAYS a mess. And my fridge. Send help. And soup. Or just soup would work. I’ll bring the bread and cheese.
Haven’t had too much soup in my life before but this looks delicious!! :) YUM!
I’ve been making soup like no other recently. Cannot wait to try another one of your soup recipes!
This looks amazing!! I am also crazy about soup, but it looks like you’re the master. I mean, a soup with cheese and bread? Hand it over please!!
Love this – the addition of white beans sounds great!
I love you for making my dream of a vegetarian tortellini soup recipe come true
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Love soup. Love tortellini IN soup. Love cheesy toasty things on TOP of soup! And I love your “big ass pot of soup” size description. It’s the only size soup should ever come in…
Dining rooms are a waste of space! My husband and I only use our kitchen table if we have company, otherwise it’s coffee table in front of the TV all the way.
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I LOVE soup, too. My absolute favorite food. And my husband is not a huge fan. I just don’t get it!
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I would probably devour about 6 of those little dream toasts. Mhmm. Yup. Not even mad about it.