Mighty Minestrone. A big pot of soup is warm and comforting. Beans and pasta combine to make a complete protein meal. A big pot of soup is warm and comforting.
Mighty Minestrone Soup - Dietitian's Choice Recipe.
The addition of zucchini and cabbage to classic minestrone soup makes this bowl of.
Minestrone (/ˌmɪnɪsˈtroʊni/; Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice, sometimes both.
You can have Mighty Minestrone using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mighty Minestrone
- Prepare 1 of onion, diced.
- You need 1 of carrot, diced.
- It's 1 stick of celery, diced.
- Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, crushed/finely chopped.
- You need 1 of courgette, diced.
- Prepare 2 of small pots, diced.
- Prepare 2 of heaped tbsp tomato puree.
- Prepare 1 L of veg stock (I use Kallo).
- It's 2 of bay leaves.
- It's 1 can of borlotti beans, drained and rinsed.
- It's 1 handful of shredded cavolo nero.
- It's 2 handfuls of small pasta or broken up spaghetti.
- Prepare of Parmesan rinds or vegetarian alternative.
- You need of Extra virgin or rapeseed oil.
- It's of Salt and pepper.
- It's of (Optional) 1 tsp of green pesto.
Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes. You can add whatever vegetables, beans, and pasta you like. Minestrone Soup is a classic Italian soup that is hearty, healthy, and perfect for lunch or dinner on a. Minestrone soup is an Italian classic!
Mighty Minestrone instructions
- Add a lug of oil into a large pan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and soften for 5-6 minutes until translucent. Add the garlic and soften for 2 more minutes..
- Add the tomato puree to the pan, stir and cook out for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil then add the courgette, borlotti beans, pasta, Parmesan rinds (or veggi alternative if using), bay leaves and seasoning..
- Simmer for around 15 mins until the potatoes and pasta are cooked. A couple of minutes from the end, add the cavolo nero and add a drop more water if you need to make it more ‘soupy’..
- Pull out the rinds and bay leaves. Serve with grated Parmesan and teaspoon of pesto on top of each bowl, if using..
- Don’t have borlotti beans? Use pinto or cannellini beans -No Parmesan rinds? Don’t let it stop you, just save them in a bag in the fridge or freezer for next time….they keep for ages! -No cavolo nero? Use kale as an alternative or spinach -Feel free to add and interchange vegetables that you have or that need using up..
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