Minestrone
The Italian vegetable soup that changes with the season — built on soffritto, beans and whatever is in the garden.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g borlotti or cannellini beans, cooked
- 1.5 l water
- 1 pieces onion, diced
- 2 pieces carrots, diced
- 2 pieces celery stalks, diced
- 1 pieces courgette, diced
- 150 g green beans, cut
- 200 g savoy cabbage, shredded
- 400 g tinned tomatoes
- 120 g small pasta or rice
- 1 pieces Parmesan rind
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 20 g basil leaves
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2525 kcal · P 115.2g · C 284g · F 110.7g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Cook the onion, carrot and celery gently in the olive oil for 15 minutes until sweet and soft. Rushing the soffritto costs you the whole base of the soup.
- 2Add the tomatoes and cook 10 minutes until they lose their raw edge.
- 3Pour in 1.5 litres of water, add the Parmesan rind and half the beans, and simmer 20 minutes.
- 4Mash the remaining beans and stir them in to thicken the broth naturally.
- 5Add the harder vegetables first — green beans and cabbage — and cook 10 minutes.
- 6Add the courgette and the pasta and cook until the pasta is just done.
- 7Fish out the rind, tear in the basil, and finish each bowl with a hard drizzle of raw olive oil and grated Parmesan.
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Questions and answers
How long does Minestrone take to make?
About 80 minutes: 25 min prep and 55 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Minestrone?
13 ingredients: borlotti or cannellini beans, water, onion, carrots, celery stalks, courgette, green beans, savoy cabbage, tinned tomatoes, small pasta or rice, Parmesan rind, olive oil and 1 more.
How many servings does this Minestrone recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Minestrone?
About 421 kcal, with 19.2 g protein, 47.3 g carbohydrate and 18.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Minestrone recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Minestrone?
Minestrone comes from Italian cuisine.
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