Pasta e ceci

Pasta e ceci is a thick Italian soup featuring pasta and chickpeas as the main ingredients.

Any kind of pasta can be used in the soup, from maltagliati to cannolicchi. The dish is usually prepared with a soffrito of onions and celery

Minestra di pane – Tuscan Bread Soup

Minestra di pane, translated as bread soup, is a traditional Tuscan dish made with day-old stale bread and a mixture of fresh garden vegetables.

The recipe has peasant origins and must always incorporate two key ingredients: beans and black cabbage.

Tuscan Soup (Zuppa Toscana)

Zuppa Toscana is a traditional Italian soup made with Italian sausage, chicken broth, bacon, cream, and vegetables such as onions, kale, and potatoes.

Vellutata di Zucca

Vellutata di Zucca is a classic Italian pumpkin soup.  It’s usually made with a combination of chopped and peeled pumpkin, potatoes, vegetable stock, and olive oil.

Potato Soup (Zuppa di patate)

Zuppa di patate is a traditional Italian potato soup.  It’s made with a combination of potatoes, onions, bread slices, broth, olive oil, thyme, seasonings, grated cheese, butter, and nutmeg.

Terrace Of The Lions, Delos, Greece

Pappa al pomodoro is a thick Tuscan soup consisting of fresh tomatoes, bread, olive oil, basil, and garlic.  The soup can be served warm or chilled. For the authentic version, only costoluto fiorentino tomatoes and pane toscano bread should be used in the dish.

Passatelli in Broth (Passatelli in brodo)

Passatelli in brodo is a specialty dish of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy, consisting of a meat broth filled with dumplings made from cheese, bread, and eggs.

Ribollita

Every Tuscan family has a recipe for this soup that has been refined and passed down through generations.  The name means reboiled, referring to the fact that it is commonly consumed on the day after its preparation when it is reheated with a dash of olive oil.

Pasta e fagioli

Pasta e fagioli is a traditional Italian dish for which there are recipes throughout all Italian regions, and although there is no official recipe, there are numerous regional variations of the dish.

Minestrone Soup

One of the very bases of traditional Italian cuisine, minestrone is a thick, chunky soup made with whichever vegetables are in season.