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Gordon Ramsay White Bean Soup Recipe

Gordon Ramsay White Bean Soup Recipe

My Gordon Ramsay-style white bean soup recipe — a rosemary and garlic base, partly blended for a creamy yet rustic texture.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6 People
Course: Soup
Cuisine: British, Italian
Calories: 250
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbsp olive oil plus extra to serve
  • 1 large onion finely diced
  • 2 carrots finely diced
  • 2 celery sticks finely diced
  • 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 3 x 400g tins cannellini beans drained and rinsed
  • 800 ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Salt and black pepper

Method
 

  1. Cook onion, carrot and celery 8–10 minutes. Add garlic 1 minute.
  2. Add rosemary, beans, stock and bay leaf, simmer 20 minutes.
  3. Remove rosemary and bay leaf.
  4. Blend about half the soup until smooth.
  5. Combine, stir in lemon juice. Season generously.
  6. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil.

Notes

Blend only about half for a creamy base with plenty of texture.
Remove the rosemary stalks before blending.
Finish with extra virgin olive oil for the best flavour.
Freezes very well for up to 3 months.