Minestrone Soup
Here’s how to make this hearty and warming Italian soup.
Print Pin RateCourse: Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Minestrone, Soup
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 Onion diced
- 2 Medium sized carrots diced
- 3 Celery sticks diced
- 2 tsps Oregano
- 2 Bay leaves
- 4 Cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 2 tbsps Tomato purée
- 400 g Tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 litre Vegetable stock
- 200 g Potato diced
- 400 g Tin of haricot beans
- 100 g Pasta I used chifferi rigati
- ¼ Head of savoy cabbage shredded
- 1 Red pepper diced
- Small bunch of fresh basil torn
To serve: (optional)
- 40 g Parmesan
- Bread
Instructions
- Place a large saucepan over a medium heat, add a little oil then add the carrot, onion, celery, oregano and bay leaves. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened.
- Add the chopped garlic and cook for a further minute. Stir in the tomato purée then cook for one more minute.
- Pour in the chopped tinned tomatoes and the vegetable stock. Add the diced potato.
- Bring it to the boil, then reduced to a simmer and cook for ten minutes.
- Add the haricot beans and the pasta. Cook for ten more minutes, or until the pasta is cooked.
- If it starts to look dry just add a bit of water. Once the pasta is cooked, stir in the cabbage and the red pepper. Taste for seasoning then cook for two more minutes.
- Stir in the fresh basil before serving.
- Serve with grated parmesan and some chunks of bread.