Prepare your veggies into cubes. Cut the garlic into small chunks, slice the onions, cut the carrots into thick circles, and the potatoes into large cubes. The celery you can cut it into 3 pieces, if you prefer removing it at the end. If you like eating it, cut it small.
Add the garlic to your small pot with one tablespoon Belmorso EVOO.
Add the rest to the larger pot with two tablespoons Belmorso EVOO.
Add 1 can cannellini beans drained (not 2) to the small pot with the garlic, and let them sauté for 5 minutes. Add the rosemary.
Melt your vegetable stock in a bowl of hot water, and add it to the cannellini. Stir, cover with a lid, lower the heat, and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
Once ready, let it cool and blend it. Set aside.
While it cools, you can start working on the other pot. Let the vegetables in the larger pot sauté for 7 to 10 minutes.
In the meantime, wash and chop the kale
Then add the chopped tomatoes to the large pot and mix. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the second can of cannellini beans drained.
Add the blended cannellini & stock to the large pot and mix.
Add the kale, mix, cover with the lid, and let it simmer at low heat for 30 minutes.
In the meantime, break your ciabatta into pieces.
After the 30 minutes have passed, add the bread and the thyme, mix and let it simmer with the lid on for the final 10 minutes.
Take the ribollita soup off the heat, serve, and drizzle some Novello EVOO.
Here's the finished Ribollita soup served.