Nonna's Pasta Fagioli | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 onion, thinly sliced and diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 (32-ounce) bottle tomato-vegetable juice cocktail
• 1 (14-ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 cups ditalini pasta
• 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed