Such Delicious Soup You Can Forget the Can! It’s Minestrone!
Put that can of Alphabet soup away and make this instead! It’s full of veggies, low sodium, lots of iron & protein from beans, and you can use any shaped pasta you want! It’s a one-pot meal—who doesn’t love that??!!
Ingredients:
1/4 cup onion, diced
1 cup frozen veggie medley
1/2 cup edamame soy beans
1 cup kidney beans (no sodium added or rinsed)
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 680mL can tomato sauce (no salt added)
1 900mL container of chicken or any broth
1 cup water
1/2 tbsp each dried basil and Italian seasoning
1 cup cooked pasta (any shape! I used animals & small tubes)
Salt & pepper to taste
Method:
1️⃣Sauté the onions and frozen veggies for 6-8 minutes or until softened.
2️⃣Add tomato sauce, broth and water. Stir and bring to boil.
3️⃣Add zucchini and boil for five minutes.
4️⃣Add cooked pasta and salt & pepper to taste.
5️⃣Sprinkle some hot chili flakes or hot sauce for a bit of a kick! Enjoy! Freeze any leftovers or leave in fridge for up to three days.
Tip/Note: After adding pasta, it will absorb much of the liquid if you let it sit for a while. If you want avoid this, then add pasta just before serving. Alternatively, you can also just add more water to your soup if it’s too thick.
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How to Make Minestrone Soup
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If all were right in the world, there would be as many recipes for minestrone—the Italian soup of simmered mixed vegetables and beans—as there have been individual pots of it cooked. That's because it's really more of a process than a fixed recipe. It's a hearty, easy, delicious meal you can make with a couple of pantry staples and whatever fresh vegetables you happen to have on hand.
NOTES:
Canned beans can be used in place of fresh. To use canned beans, in Step 5, drain and rinse 2 cups of canned beans and add them to the soup along with 2 quarts of homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken or vegetables stock. Increase simmering time to 30 minutes before proceeding to step 6.
Use fresh tomatoes only if ripe and in season. Otherwise tomatoes can be omitted or replaced with one (14-ounce) can of whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand or chopped with a knife. A Parmesan rind can be added to the soup while simmering for deeper flavor.
INGREDIENTS
For the Beans (see note above):
8 ounces (225g) dried cannelini, Roman, or kidney beans
Kosher salt
1 medium onion, split in half (about 6 ounces; 175g)
1 medium carrot (about 3 ounces; 85g)
2 celery stalks (about 3 ounces; 85g)
2 medium cloves garlic
1 large sprig rosemary
2 to 3 sprigs parsley
1 bay leaf
For the Soup Base:
4 ounces (115g) salt pork or pancetta, cut into 1/4-inch dice (optional)
2 tablespoons (30ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 6 ounces; 175g)
1 medium carrot, peeled and finely diced (about 3 ounces; 85g)
2 celery stalks, finely diced (about 3 ounces; 85g)
1 tablespoon (15ml) minced fresh rosemary leaves
2 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 2 teaspoons; 12g)
1 pound ripe Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped (450g)(see note above)
1 Parmesan rind (optional, see note above)
To Finish:
1 cup dried small pasta such as ditali, macaroni, or orecchiette (about 3 1/2 ounces; 100g)
1 medium zucchini, cut into bite-sized pieces (about 4 ounces; 115g)
1 medium summer squash, cut into bite-sized pieces (about 4 ounces; 115g)
4 ounces green beans, cut into 1/2-inch lengths (about 115g)
4 ounces spinach, roughly chopped (about 4 cups loosely packed leaves; 115g)
Chopped fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, or rosemary for serving
Freshly ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS
1. For the Beans: In a medium bowl, cover beans with cold water by several inches and stir in 1 tablespoon salt. Let the beans soak at least 12 hours and up to a day. Drain and rinse.
2. Combine beans, onion, carrot, celery, garlic cloves, rosemary, and parsley in a large pot and cover with water by several inches. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook, topping up as necessary, until the beans are fully tender, about 45 minutes. Using tongs, discard vegetables. Drain beans, reserving the cooking liquid. Transfer bean cooking liquid to a 2-quart measuring cup and add enough cold water to equal 2 full quarts (2 liters; 8 cups).
3. For the Soup Base: Heat pancetta (if using) and olive oil in a large Dutch oven or stockpot over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until pancetta has rendered fat and softened but is not browned (if omitting pancetta, heat just until the oil is shimmering). Add onions, carrot, and celery, and chopped rosemary, season with a big pinch of salt, and cook, stirring, until vegetables are softened but not browned, 10 to 15 minutes, adding more oil if the pot appears dry or vegetables are starting to stick to the bottom.
4. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until most of their moisture has evaporated and the mixture starts to fry (the sound should change from a sputtering simmering sound to a sharper crackle as they vegetables start to fry).
5. Add the reserved bean cooking liquid, the beans, and the Parmesan rind. Let the broth simmer for at least 10 minutes.
6. Add the pasta, zucchini, squash, and green beans, and simmer until the pasta and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add spinach and cook, stirring occasionally, until spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes. Discard Parmesan rind, if used.
7. Soup can be served immediately as-is, or you can continue simmering for up to 2 1/2 hours for a heartier texture and flavor. Alternatively, reserve half of the soup on the side, continue to simmer the other half in the pot for up to 2 1/2 hours, and stir the reserved soup back in for a soup that is hearty but still has plenty of bright vegetable flavor and texture. Stir in chopped herbs and season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.
How to Make MINESTRONE SOUP the Right Way
Minestrone soup is the most traditional Italian soup made in households all over Italy. Most families have their own version, but my absolute favourite is when the right mix of fresh vegetables and herbs come together in the pot and infuse to create the most mouth-watering broth – the most important part of the minestrone soup. Add some cracked pepper and a generous serve of pecorino cheese and you’ll warm hearts through every season!
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MINESTRONE SOUP | How to Make Vegetable Minestrone Soup
INGREDIENTS:
1 whole onion
1-2 carrots
1 Celery stalks
1 whole broccoli
1 zucchini
¼ pumpkin
½ Savoy cabbage (optional, you can also add rapini, chicory)
½ cauliflower
4 ripe tomatoes
200g - 7.01 oz lentils
200g - 7.01 oz Mixed beans
Fresh rosemary
Fresh parsley
Pecorino cheese
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt & pepper
Water
UTENSILS:
Large pot
Chopping board
Sharp knife
Tablespoon
Wooden spoon
Ladle
METHOD:
1. Minestrone soup is a classic, so start with the classic ingredients: carrots, celery and onion.
2. Chop the celery stalk, carrot and onion into cubes or small pieces. Hold on to the beautiful celery leaves and chop them up too!
3. Place a large pot onto the stove at a medium heat. Once it starts to warm, drizzle between 4-5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into it and leave to heat up.
4. When the oil is nice and warm, add the chopped celery, carrot and onion. Stir around, then add a sprig of fresh rosemary.
5. This process is called the “soffrito” and it is very important you let this cook through well, as it forms the base of the flavours for your minestrone soup.
6. Gently stir the soffrito every now and then to make sure they are moistened with oil and cooking well.
VINCENZO’S PLATE TIP: Minetrone soup can be made up of your choice of vegetables – and often turns out best when made with whatever you have left in the fridge!
7. While the soffrito is cooking, chop up the pumpkin, broccoli and zucchini into small chunks and try and keep the size similar for all the vegetables so they cook evenly and more or less at the same time!
8. Once the minestrone soup soffrito has been simmering for at least 10 minutes, add the pumpkin, broccoli and zucchini and stir them through.
9. Add just enough water to cover them. Then leave this to cook for 20 minutes with the lid on, again stirring every so often.
VINCENZO’S PLATE TIP: If you have stock you can also mix this in at this point to add even more flavour to the minestrone soup, instead of just plain water.
10. Next, cut up the rest of your vegetables. In this case, savoy cabbage, cauliflower and fresh tomatoes. An alternate option here is to use peeled tomatoes or a jar of Italian passata.
11. It’s now time to add lentils, mixed beans, tomatoes, savoy cabbage and cauliflower before once again covering the vegetables with water and leaving this to cook for 15 minutes, with the lid on top – and don’t forget to stir every 5 minutes!
12. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper to the minestrone soup and stir through well so all the ingredients are really well flavoured.
13. Turn off the stove after 15 minutes (or once your vegetables have softened), then sprinkle a generous amount of pecorino or parmesan cheese on top, chopped parsley and a generous serve of cracked pepper.
HOW TO SERVE
Using a ladle, scoop out a generous amount of minestrone soup into a bowl and sprinkle a small amount of fresh parsley and pepper on top. It is best served with some freshly grilled or toasted slices of bread on the side (which taste yummy dunked into the soup!
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