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