1,510 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

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.

181 K 4.3/5 (29 reviews)

3 hours 30 min. difficulté

Average

10.80 €

12 people

15 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 29^th 2011

For this recipe: I want to make it (499×) I made it (472×) Comment Send to a friend Ask a question Follow Printable Diaporama Vidéo User-friendly URL

For 12 people, you will need:

1 1 ¾ cup white beans
2 1 ¾ cup peas
3 8 spring onions (scallions)
4 4 tomatoes
5 1 ¾ cup green beans
6 4 courgettes
7 4 carrots
8 4 turnips
9 4 potatoes
10 1 ¾ cup green asparagus spears
11 12 tablespoons olive oil
12 16 ¾ cups water
13 4 chicken stock cubes
14 salt
15 pepper

Change to the quantities for:

2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

Change measures:

Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 2 hours 20 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 15 min.

All in all: 3 hours 30 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1

The day before, put 1 ¾ cup white beans to soak overnight if you are using dried beans. For fresh ones this isn't necessary.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Shell 1 ¾ cup peas, or use frozen ones.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Peel, wash and chop 8 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Peel 4 tomatoes and cut into quarters.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Wash 1 ¾ cup green beans, cut off the ends and cut into pieces.

Stage 6 - 30 min.

Prepare 4 courgettes in small pieces.

Stage 7 - 40 min.

Peel and wash 4 carrots, 4 turnips and 4 potatoes, cut into small pieces.

Stage 8 - 20 min.

Peel and boil 1 ¾ cup 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 12 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 16 ¾ cups water and add 4 chicken stock cubes.

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	120 RDI=40 %	520 RDI=50 %	210 RDI=30 %	4,340 RDI=220 %	18,160 RDI: 220 %
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 %	360 RDI=20 %	1,510 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 12 people : 21.55 €
Per person : 1.80 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Other recipes you may also like

Express chilli con carne

This is a really express recipe, a "true" chilli is longer and more difficult to do.
February 21^th 2011401 K3.8 35 min.

Oxtail Parmentier

Rather like the classic hachis Parmentier, but using oxtail stewed very slowly in red wine and herbs.
October 13^th 2010317 K4.7 5 hours 50 min.

Maroilles cheese quiche

Traditional recipe from northern France, using a typical and tasty regional cheese. But this can be replaced by another (see below).
April 17^th 2022257 K 34.7 2 hours 30 min.

Scrambled eggs (Oeufs brouillés)

French-style scrambled eggs are rather special. It's not very difficult, just a bit long because it's cooked slowly in a bain-marie. Eventually you will get a delicious, refined and delicate preparation which can be eaten "as it is" or added to another recipe.
February 21^th 2011276 K5 30 min.

Arizona cupcakes

Cupcakes are small sponge cakes. In their original American version, they are usually decorated with brightly coloured icing. Here's a version inspired by the famous saguaro cactus, so common in Arizona.
October 13^th 2010201 K 14.6 1 hour 50 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.