Minestrone Soup
User Reviews
4.9
Minestrone Soup
Description
Minestrone Soup combines soaked borlotti beans, onions, carrots, zucchini, celery, green beans, potatoes, and baby spinach with tomato paste and pasta shells to form a filling vegetable soup. The vegetables are diced small for even cooking, and the soup is simmered for three to four hours, allowing the ingredients to release their flavors and soften thoroughly. Adding pasta a few minutes before serving prevents overcooking and maintains some bite in the noodles. Seasoning with sea salt and black pepper is adjusted during cooking to suit taste.
The soup's texture is thick and chunky, with tender beans and softened vegetables in a tomato-infused broth. Serving it accompanied by crusty whole grain bread and optional pesto or shredded parmesan cheese allows customization and added richness.
The long simmer time intensifies flavor and ensures tender beans. To avoid over-salting, taste and adjust seasoning toward the end of cooking. Adding pasta at the last moment preserves its texture and keeps the soup fresh.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup borlotti beans soak at least 5 hours, then rinse
- 2 onion small dice
- 2 carrot small dice
- 2 zucchini small dice
- 2 celery small dice, stalks
- 1 1/2 cups green beans small dice
- 3 potato peeled, small dice, rinsed
- 1/2 spinach baby, bunch
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup pasta shells or elbows, small
- sea salt flakes
- black pepper grinded
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in large pot, add water to 1.5 times height of vegetables ( egs. if vegies reach 1/2 way up the pot, fill water to 3/4 of the way up).
- Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and add some salt and pepper.
- Once the soup has cooked for about 3 to 4 hours taste for seasoning (don’t be afraid of adding more salt and fresh cracked pepper in this case)
- Add the pasta 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Add a dollop of pesto or shredded parmesan cheese at the table and serve with crusty whole grain bread.
- Bueno Appetito!
Notes
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4.9
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