Ribollita

Name: Ribollita
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons Olive Oil; 1 chopped Onion; 1 chopped Carrots; 1 stalk chopped Celery; 1 tablespoon minced Garlic; 2 cups Cannellini Beans; 1 Canned tomatoes; 4 cups Water; 1 fresh sprig Rosemary; 1 fresh sprig Thyme; 1 pound chopped Kale; 4 thick slices Wholegrain Bread; 1 thinly sliced Red Onions; ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Vegetarian recipe with Italian flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 47 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 43 min total

5 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 chopped Onion
1 chopped Carrots
1 stalk chopped Celery
1 tablespoon minced Garlic
2 cups Cannellini Beans
1 Canned Tomatoes
4 cups Water
1 fresh sprig Rosemary
1 fresh sprig Thyme
1 pound chopped Kale
4 thick slices Wholegrain Bread
1 thinly sliced Red Onions
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan

Step-by-step instructions

Put 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large pot over medium heat. When it’s hot, add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, 5 to 10 minutes.
Heat the oven to 500 degrees. Drain the beans; if they’re canned, rinse them as well. Add them to the pot along with tomatoes and their juices and stock, rosemary and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat so the soup bubbles steadily; cover and cook, stirring once or twice to break up the tomatoes, until the flavors meld, 15 to 20 minutes.
Fish out and discard rosemary and thyme stems, if you like, and stir in kale. Taste and adjust seasoning. Lay bread slices on top of the stew so they cover the top and overlap as little as possible. Scatter red onion slices over the top, drizzle with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil and sprinkle with Parmesan.
Put the pot in the oven and bake until the bread, onions and cheese are browned and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. (If your pot fits under the broiler, you can also brown the top there.) Divide the soup and bread among 4 bowls and serve.

Why this works on a weeknight

Ribollita lands at about 43 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Sheet-Pan Dinners collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Ribollita actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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