I'm making PASTA VASUL tonight...

[radfringe]

my partner has a hankerin' for some... weather is about right for it - cold, dreary and rainy - a big bowl of some stick to your ribs soup hits the spot...

[Phillycat]

1. Is that like pasta fagiole?

I am not being a smartass, I'm honestly asking. It's pronounced sort of like your OP...

[radfringe]

3. don't know - don't know what pasta fagiole is..

pasta vasul is bean soup

[Beer Snob-50]

4. same thing

just spelt differently.

good comfort food

[radfringe]

5. ok.. and here's the recipe I use

it's a combination of my Nonna's and one my mother had from a friend

BEAN SOUP

In large soup pot:

Drizzle some Olive oil or spray bottom of pot with Pam

Saute:
2 cloves Garlic
2 cups Carrots
2 cups Onion
2 cups Celery

Add:
2 cusp canned diced tomato
8 oz. fresh Spinach
2 cups zucchini
2 cups cubed potato ( approx 2 med-large potato)
1 tablespoon italian seasoning
1 tablespoon parsley
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 cups of rinsed beans (my partner likes the northern whites)
1 large can chicken broth (or beef broth or vegetable broth)
Fill pot to 1” of rim with water
1 package George Washington soup mix

simmer for 1 1/2 hours

Run everything through a blender and return to large pot

Add:
4 more cups of rinsed beans
1-2 cups of small pasta (shells)

cook for 20 minutes

chow down

[Phillycat]

6. Yep, this is pasta fagiole. :)

Maybe the name is different because my family is Sicilian?

[radfringe]

7. could be - the italian side of my family

is from northern italy. Grandmother is from Monte-Grosse d'Asti, and my grandfather is from Torino

[trackfan]

9. A third pronunciation: Fah-ZOOL

is how our family says it. They were from Apulia.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. No, one's just a phonetic version of the other.

I called it pasta FAZOOL and didn't know that it was really 'fagiole':D

[msanthrope]

8. Pasta Vasul is Pasta e Fagiole (Macaroni with Beans)

It's just the Southern pronunciation.

Look--here's the secret to the broth--cheese rinds.

Find a cheesemaker. He will sell you reggiano/locatelli, hell, even parm. cheese rinds. Put a few of those in the soup while you cook it, fish them out later, before you serve. (That's the secret for good gravy, too.) And make the macaroni separate, combine before serving--less muchy.

[BarenakedLady]

2. GREAT IDEA!

That will be on the menu at Casa Barenaked this evening. Thanks.

[radfringe]

10. Bean Soup BIG HIT

I had to bring a crock pot of it for people at work... (I always make waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much)... They caught wind of a rumor that I was going to make a batch and next thing I know, I was taking orders for more than a couple of bowls..

Still plenty left at home...

[mzteris]

11. we make something we call

Pasta fazoule - but I found out after about 20 years - ISN"T.

My first husband had gone to the Med (in the Navy) and came back and tried to describe some dish he'd had and what he thought it was called - we tinkered around with it and he *said* that what we came up with was what he'd had - but obviously he got the name totally wrong.

Nevertheless, it's a favorite around here.

Spaghetti noodles
pour Navy or Great Northern Beans (flavored with a dash or basil and oregano) over the top.
Parmesan
Mozzarella
diced boiled egg
Bacon (in our case - soy bacon)
(garlic salt)
sprinkle a bit of parsley on top.

[mzteris]

12. oops - left out an ingredient -

diced fresh tomatoes.