Minestrone

Minestrone

Vegetable-rich Italian soup with beans, tomato, pasta, and greens, built in layers so the broth stays savoury and the vegetables retain texture.

⏱ 60 min total🔪 25 min prep🔥 35 min cookEasyServes 8Italian

Ingredients

  • •3 tbsp olive oil
  • •1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • •2 carrots, diced
  • •3 celery stalks, diced
  • •4 cloves garlic, minced
  • •1 zucchini, diced
  • •1 1/2 cups green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • •1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
  • •8 cups vegetable broth
  • •1 can (15 oz) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • •1 1/2 cups small pasta
  • •4 cups kale, chopped
  • •1 parmesan rind
  • •1 tsp dried oregano
  • •1 1/2 tsp salt
  • •1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions

  1. 1Heat olive oil and cook onion, carrots, and celery for 7 minutes.
  2. 2Add garlic, zucchini, green beans, oregano, salt, and black pepper and cook for 3 minutes.
  3. 3Add crushed tomatoes, vegetable broth, and Parmesan rind and simmer for 15 minutes.
  4. 4Add cannellini beans and small pasta.
  5. 5Simmer until the pasta is just tender, about 8 minutes.
  6. 6Add kale and cook for 3 minutes.
  7. 7Remove the Parmesan rind and serve.

💡 Stop cooking when the pasta is just tender; it continues absorbing broth as the soup rests.

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