Soups · Recipe No. 114
Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup made with onion, leek, celery and carrot. The recipe serves 4; change the portions and units below and the amounts update.
- Serves 4
Method
Cut the peeled, washed vegetables into paysanne.
Cook slowly without colour in the butter in a pan with the lid on.
Add the stock and seasoning, simmer for approx 20 mins.
Add the peas, beans cut into diamonds and simmer for 10 mins.
Add the spaghetti in 2.5cm lengths, the potatoes cut int paysanne.
Add tomato puree, simmer until veg is cooked.
Finely chop the fat bacon, parsley and garlic and form into a paste.
Make into little pellets and drop them in to the soup.
Serve with flutes of parmesan cheese.
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Shopping list for 4 portions
Meat & poultry
Fruit & veg
Dairy & eggs
Tins, jars & stock
Fresh herbs
Store cupboard (check you have)
Converted from the Cookeryonline Excel workbook “Minestroni”.