4 curly bean soup Recipes

olive oil, garlic cloves, chopped, diced ham (about 3 oz), heads curly endive, cut into bite-size pieces, canned low-salt chicken broth, great northern beans, drained

dried white bean (navy or cannellini), bulk pork sausage, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, bay leaf, onion, carrots, celery ribs, garlic cloves, curly cabbage or 1/2 bunch swiss chard, extra virgin olive oil , plus, extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling, chopped tomatoes , with juice, parmesan cheese , a large piece of rind for soup and grated cheese for garnish, chicken stock, salt and pepper, peasant bread, cut into 1 inch cubes, parsley

dried haricot beans, unsmoked bacon , fore hock weighing about 1kg, olive oil, onion, chopped, carrot, chopped, turnips or 150 g swede, peeled, quartered and chopped, potatoes, peeled, halved and chopped, savoy cabbage or 250 g curly kale, garlic cloves, finely chopped, chopped fresh parsley