Name: Country-Style Soup
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup dried fava beans; 1/2 cup dried Great Northern beans; 6 cups water; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped; 1 small celery stalk, finely chopped; 8 ounces savoy cabbage, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 4 cups); 1/2 head Bibb lettuce, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups); Freshly grated Parmesan cheese; Extra-virgin olive oil

(MINESTRA DI CAMPAGNA)

Creativity with simple ingredients is one of the themes of Sicilian cooking. There's no better example than this bean and vegetable soup, which some say evolved from food that fifteenth-century galley cooks made for mariners. Serve an island dry red wine such as Corvo with this.

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