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Homemade Minestrone Soup
A hearty vegetable and bean minestrone soup with bacon, pasta, and seasonal greens.
From YouTube · Apr 8, 2020
A hearty vegetable and bean minestrone soup with bacon, pasta, and seasonal greens.
About 30 min
Prep time
10 min
Cook time
About 45 min
Total time
1 serving
Yield
Ingredients
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- 4 rashers smoked bacon
- 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- bay leaves
- a couple of celery stalks
- 2 small onions
- carrots
- kale, purple and green
- savoy cabbage
- vegetable stock cube
- 400 g tinned tomatoes
- 1 pint boiling water
- 400 g butter beans
- 400 g cannellini beans
- pasta odds and ends
- parmesan cheese
Method
13 steps- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat and add the smoked bacon, cooking until golden and caramelized.
- Add olive oil and the chopped garlic to the pan with the bacon.
- Add chopped carrots, celery, and onions to the pan and cook until fragrant.
- Add bay leaves and stir.
- Add chopped kale, savoy cabbage, and any other greens, and cook for a few minutes.
- Sprinkle in vegetable stock cube and add tinned tomatoes, stirring to combine.
- Pour in a pint of boiling water and bring to a boil.
- Add butter beans and cannellini beans, stirring well.
- Finely slice the cabbage and kale, then add to the soup.
- Top up with additional boiling water if needed, cover with a lid, and simmer for a few minutes.
- Add pasta odds and ends to a tea towel, bang to break, then add to the soup.
- Simmer until the pasta is cooked, about 10-15 minutes.
- Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
Recipe notes
Equipment
- large pan
- tea towel
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