Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup is a simple Italian soup. . One benefit of this soup is you can use both raw vegetables and also cooked vegetables from a previous meal (left overs). Also I use a vegetable stock cube for this recipe making it vegetarian but you can use chicken stock if you prefer. I have used this as a main dish and as a soup dish.

Minestrone Soup

One of my favourite soups.

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Course: Main Dish, Soup

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Cheese, Herbs, Pasta, Rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 People

Calories: 646kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• ▢ 1 large onion finely chopped
• ▢ 2 sticks celery trim – thinly sliced
• ▢ 400 g chopped tomatoes tin
• ▢ 1 cube vegetable stock
• ▢ 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
• ▢ 1 kg vegetables raw or cooked. chunks
• ▢ 400 g cannellini beans drained and rinsed
• ▢ 350 g pasta or rice / cooked
• ▢ cheese cheddar / grated
• ▢ salt
• ▢ ground black pepper

Instructions

• Place a frying pan or large saucepan over a medium heat and add the 2 tablespoons of oil.
• Add the sliced onion and chopped celery and fry gently for 5 minutes. They should be soft and lightly brown. Remember to stir often so nothing sticks.
• Add the chopped tomatoes together with 2 full tins of boiling water to the pan. Use the kettle.
• Add the vegetable stock cube with the dried mixed herbs to the pan and stir well.
• Any raw vegetables should be added to the pan now. Vegetable such as parsnips, squashes, potato, carrots etc. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for about 5 minutes. Again remember to stir.
• Once the raw vegetables have started to soften (pierce with a knife to test), add the more delicate raw vegetables. Vegetables such as broccoli, kale, courgette, beans and cabbage.
• Bring back to a simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Finally add any cooked vegetables together with the pasta. You can also use rice.
• Season for a further 3 – 5minutes stirring occasionally.
• Test the soup and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• When your happy with the flavour, serve in warmed bowls with a little grated cheese on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 646kcal | Carbohydrates: 121g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 499mg | Potassium: 1021mg | Fiber: 20g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 12912IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 196mg | Iron: 7mg