5 from 12 votes
Tuscan Minestrone
Tuscan Minestrone is a richly vegetable-filled soup featuring cabbage, zucchini, green beans, and garbanzo beans simmered with diced tomatoes, herbs, and vegetable stock. Small shell pasta is added for substance, cooked separately then combined, resulting in a hearty, textured soup. Finished with optionally grated Parmesan, this minestrone delivers layered flavors from fresh and dried herbs with a comforting, satisfying quality suitable for a nourishing meal.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings:
8
servings
Calories:
274 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
Mediterranean
Ingredients
- 1 onion diced, medium
- 1 carrot peeled and sliced, large
- 1 celery sliced, rib
- 3 garlic minced, cloves
- 2 cups green cabbage shredded
- ¼ cup parsley chopped, fresh
- 3 tablespoons basil chopped, fresh
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 5 cups vegetable stock
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes canned
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning dried
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 parmesan optional, rind
- 1 zucchini diced, small
- 15 ounces garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
- 4 ounces green beans trimmed, cut into 3/4” pieces, tender
- 4 ounces shell pasta small shaped
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- ½ cup Parmesan Cheese for garnish, freshly grated
Instructions
- Prep the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, cabbage, parsley, and basil and set aside.
- In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, for 3-4 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Add the cabbage and cook, stirring, for 1 additional minute.
- Add the stock, tomatoes, parsley, basil, Italian seasoning, bay leaf and Parmesan rind (if using). Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
- Add the zucchini, garbanzo beans, and green beans and simmer for an additional 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and Parmesan rind.
- While the soup simmers, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat and cook the pasta according to the package directions. Drain. Add the cooked pasta to the soup pot and season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately. Pass grated Parmesan separately.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1
Calories
274kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
11g
(22%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
4mg
(1%)
Sodium
848mg
(35%)
Potassium
572mg
(12%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
2139IU
(43%)
Vitamin C
27mg
(30%)
Calcium
170mg
(17%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 274
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 | |
| Calories | 274kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 11g | 22% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 4mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 848mg | 35% |
| Potassium | 572mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 2139IU | 43% |
| Vitamin C | 27mg | 30% |
| Calcium | 170mg | 17% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.