Marcella Hazan's 5-Ingredient Bean Soup Is Too Easy Not To Make

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Marcella Hazan's 5-Ingredient Bean Soup Is Too Easy Not To Make By Maria Scinto Oct. 20, 2025 12:20 pm EST

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Marcella Hazan is the author of what is arguably the greatest Italian cookbook ever written : "Essentials Of Classic Italian Cooking." Her hallmark was simplicity. She taught us that some recipes only need a little garlic and that always-in-season canned tomatoes are perfectly fine for making marinara sauce. (And no, they don't need to be San Marzanos, since her iconic recipe makes no such specification).

Hazan's cannellini bean soup, too, achieves perfection with minimal ingredients: cooked beans (canned ones are fine), olive oil, garlic, water or broth, and fresh parsley, along with salt an