Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, minestrone soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Minestrone Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Minestrone Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have minestrone soup using 18 ingredients and 32 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Minestrone Soup:
- Get 1 clove garlic
- Get 1 red onion
- Take 2 carrots
- Prepare 2 stalks celery
- Prepare 1 courgette/zucchini
- Prepare 1 small leek
- Take 1 large potato
- Take 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
- Make ready 1 fresh bay leaf
- Make ready 2 x 400g (14-oz) tins or cans plum tomatoes
- Prepare 1 litre (4 cups) organic vegetable stock
- Take 1 large handful of seasonal greens, such as savoy cabbage, curly kale, chard
- Take 100 g (4 oz) wholemeal pasta
- Prepare 1/4-1/2 bunch fresh basil (optional)
- Take Parmesan cheese
So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). Minestrone soup is an Italian classic! This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. My minestrone soup is loaded with good for you veggies, like spinach and zucchini.
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.1. 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.
It's also protein packed with red kidney beans and great northern beans. You'll be full for hours from this healthy, nutritious soup! Everyone loves minestrone soup, and this copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup recipe is very simple to make at home - it does not require much work. Just let everything simmer away and dinner is served! Plus this is a great soup to hit the spot at any time of the year.
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