White Bean Soup with Vegetables Recipe from Italy

Ingredients

• 1 cup navy, pea , or other dried white beans , washed and picked over
• 6 cups chicken , beef , or vegetable stock , or water , plus more if necessary
• 2 carrots , peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 medium turnip or parsnip , peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 potato , peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 celery stalk, roughly chopped
• 3 or 4 sprigs fresh parsley , plus minced fresh parsley leaves for garnish
• 0.5 tbsp fresh rosemary or thyme leaves or 0.5 tsp dried
• 2 tbsp butter or extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste