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Minestrone

Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. It is made with a mix of vegetables and a poultry stock. It is quite simple to make, but preparing all the vegetables takes time.
There are doubtless as many minestrone recipes as there are Italian cooks, but here is my version.

184 K 4.3/5 (29 reviews)

3 hours 30 min. difficulté

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10.80 €

2 people

15 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 29^th 2011

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 70 g white beans
2 70 g peas
3 1 spring onion (scallion)
4 1 tomato
5 70 g green beans
6 1 courgette
7 1 carrot
8 1 turnips
9 1 potatoes
10 70 g green asparagus spears
11 2 tablespoons olive oil
12 670 g water
13 1 chicken stock cube
14 salt
15 pepper
Total weight: 1,675 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 2 hours 20 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 15 min.

All in all: 3 hours 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

The day before, put 70 g white beans to soak overnight if you are using dried beans. For fresh ones this isn't necessary.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Shell 70 g peas, or use frozen ones.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Peel, wash and chop 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Peel 1 tomato and cut into quarters.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Wash 70 g green beans, cut off the ends and cut into pieces.

Stage 6 - 30 min.

Prepare 1 courgette in small pieces.

Stage 7 - 40 min.

Peel and wash 1 carrot, 1 turnips and 1 potatoes, cut into small pieces.

Stage 8 - 20 min.

Peel and boil 70 g green asparagus spears in salted water until just tender, but still with some crunch.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

Throw away the water that the beans have soaked in and replace with salted water, Boil until they are cooked but still slightly firm.

Drain.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large pan over medium heat. When hot, add the chopped onions, salt, pepper and cook while stirring for 1 minute.

Add the turnips, carrots and potatoes. Stir to mix well.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Add the courgettes, haricot beans, green beans and asparagus. Stir to mix well and cook together for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.

This preliminary cooking of the vegetables in oil is important to add flavour to the minestrone.

Stage 12 - 35 min.

Moisten with 670 g water and add 1 chicken stock cube.

Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and leave to simmer gently until all the vegetables are well cooked.

Stage 13 - 10 min.

Then add the tomatoes, check seasoning and leave to cook for a further 10 minutes.

Stage 14

Serve hot on its own, or accompanied by slices of toasted bread spread with pesto, or a little grated Parmesan.

Remarks

Ideally a minestrone should include at least 5 vegetables, but they can be any you choose, so you can vary this recipe in both ingredients and proportions.
You can also add a cupful of rice along with the vegetables. There are those who consider that this should replace the haricot beans, but I think it's good with both.

Minestrone is even better reheated the following day.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=8 %	90 RDI=8 %	40 RDI=5 %	730 RDI=40 %	3,060 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=0 %	5 RDI=0 %	2 RDI=0 %	40 RDI=2 %	180 RDI: 2 %
Per person	9 RDI=4 %	40 RDI=4 %	20 RDI=3 %	370 RDI=20 %	1,530 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 3.70 €
Per person : 1.85 €

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