How To make Classic Minestrone Soup Con Pesto Alla Genovese
3 tablespoons Olive oil
2 Onions
diced
2 Carrots :
chopped
2 Leeks whites only chopped
2 Stalks celery :
chopped
2 Potatoes diced
1 cup Dry beans :
soaked and cooked
but still hard 1 Large eggplant skinned and diced
2 cups Hot chicken broth
4 cups Boiling water
Salt and pepper 2 Tomatoes :
diced
1 1/2 cups Cabbage diced
1 1/2 cups Spinach :
diced
1 1/2 cups Zucchini diced
3/4 cup Pasta :
raw
3 tablespoons Pesto heaping
:
PESTO----- 1 1/2 cups Fresh basil leaves
1 Garlic clove
Parmesan or romano cheese 3 tablespoons Pine nuts or walnuts
1/2 cup Olive oil
In olive oil saute till soft onions, leeks, carrots, celery, and potatoes.= Add dry beans, eggplant and cook down. Add chicken broth, water, salt,= pepper, tomatoes and cook for about 1 hour covered. Add cabbage, spinach, zucchini. Add pasta. If too thick add more chicken broth. When done add pesto sauce.
Courtesy of Ciao Italia cookbook.
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