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This Ribollita Recipe Will Make Your Kitchen Feel Like a Tuscan Trattoria
Ribollita is a hearty vegetable soup from Tuscany / Photo: Leonori via Shutterstock
Difficulty Level
Low
Cooking Time
40 minutes, plus 12 hours to soak the beans and 2 hours to let the soup rest
Cost
Low
Ribollita, literally translated as “reboiled,” is a traditional stew from the peasant cooking tradition of Tuscany, made with white beans, bread and seasonal vegetables. “Ribollita” originated, as so many cucina povera dishes did, as a way for the poor to make do with what they had on hand — stale bread, for example, was originally included to keep the staple from going to waste. The recipe typically includes hearty garden vegetables like cavolo nero — “black cabbage,” known in t
