Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, minestrone soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have minestrone soup using 18 ingredients and 32 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Minestrone Soup:
- Take 1 clove garlic
- Prepare 1 red onion
- Make ready 2 carrots
- Get 2 stalks celery
- Take 1 courgette/zucchini
- Prepare 1 small leek
- Get 1 large potato
- Get 1 x 400g (15 oz) tin or can of cannellini beans
- Take 2 slices higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon
- Get olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Get 1 fresh bay leaf
- Get 2 x 400g (14-oz) tins or cans plum tomatoes
- Make ready 1 litre (4 cups) organic vegetable stock
- Prepare 1 large handful of seasonal greens, such as savoy cabbage, curly kale, chard
- Make ready 100 g (4 oz) wholemeal pasta
- Prepare 1/4-1/2 bunch fresh basil (optional)
- Make ready Parmesan cheese
This soup will thicken in the refrigerator as the residual heat of the broth continues to cook the vegetables and they release their starches, so stir in another splash of broth. Vegetarian minestrone soup packed with veggies like celery, carrots, green beans and spinach and simmered in a flavorful, Italian seasoned tomato broth. Minestrone Soup Variations Swap the spinach for Swiss chard or baby kale. To keep this low-carb, omit the pasta, you honestly won't miss it with everything else in this soup.
Instructions to make Minestrone Soup:
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- Trim and roughly chop the carrots.
- Trim and roughly chop the celery.
- Trim and roughly chop the courgette/zucchini.
- Then add the vegetables to a large bowl.
- Cut the ends off the leeks, quarter them lengthways.
- Wash them under running water…
- Then cut into 1cm slices. Add to the bowl.
- Scrub and dice the potato.
- Drain the cannellini beans, then set aside.
- Finely slice the bacon.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the bacon…
- And fry gently for 2 minutes, or until golden.
- Add the garlic, onion, carrots, celery, courgette/zucchini, and leek.
- Add oregano and bay.
- Cook slowly for about 15 minutes, or until the vegetables have softened, stirring occasionally.
- Add the potato, cannellini beans and plum tomatoes….
- Then pour in the vegetable stock.
- Stir well, breaking up the tomatoes with the back of a spoon.
- Cover with a lid and bring everything slowly to the boil, then simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the potato is cooked through. Meanwhile…
- Remove and discard any tough stalks bits from the greens…
- Then roughly chop.
- Using a rolling pin, bash the pasta into pieces while it’s still in the packet or wrap in a clean tea towel.
- To check the potato is cooked, pierce a chunk of it with a sharp knife – if it pierces easily, it’s done.
- Add the greens and pasta to the pan, and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until the pasta is al dente.
- This translates as ‘to the tooth’ and means that it should be soft enough to eat, but still have a bit of a bite and firmness to it.
- Try some just before the time is up to make sure you cook it perfectly.
- Add a splash more stock or water to loosen, if needed.
- Pick over the basil leaves (if using) and stir through.
- Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper, then serve with a grating of Parmesan and a slice of wholemeal bread, if you like.
Minestrone Soup Variations Swap the spinach for Swiss chard or baby kale. To keep this low-carb, omit the pasta, you honestly won't miss it with everything else in this soup. This healthy and quick Minestrone Soup is the best! I have been so excited to share my Minestrone Soup recipe with you all. It is a fast and healthy version made with zucchini and fresh basil.
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