Minestrone Soup
Easy
Minestrone is a hearty tomato-based soup packed with veggies, beans and pasta. It typically includes onion, carrots and celery, but feel free to use whatever you have in the fridge; green beans, cabbage, courgette, etc. You can also choose the type of beans you want to use as well as your choice of pasta shape. We’ve added bacon lardons to this recipe, but feel free to leave it out if you prefer.
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
15 MIN
SERVE
4-6
Minestrone Soup
Easy
Introduction
Minestrone is a hearty tomato-based soup packed with veggies, beans and pasta. It typically includes onion, carrots and celery, but feel free to use whatever you have in the fridge; green beans, cabbage, courgette, etc. You can also choose the type of beans you want to use as well as your choice
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Ingredients
- 100g bacon lardons
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 stalk celery, diced
- 1 courgette, diced
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tin plum tomatoes
- 1.5 litres chicken or vegetable stock
- 150g dried pasta (smaller pasta shapes)
- 1 tin cannellini beans, drained & rinsed
- 100g kale, chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt & pepper
- Parmesan cheese, to serve
Method
- 1. Heat a large pot over medium heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Once hot, add the bacon lardons and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- 2. Add the carrots, celery, courgette and red onion and season lightly with salt and pepper, then cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes.
- 3. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- 4. Add the tin of tomatoes, roughly breaking them up with your spoon while stirring them into the vegetable mix.
- 5. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Once boiling, stir in the pasta, beans and kale. Add the bay leaves and reduce heat to a rapid simmer, about medium heat, then cover with the lid and cook until the pasta has cooked through, 10-15 minutes (depending on the pasta shape), stirring occasionally to stop the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- 6. Once cooked, remove from heat and remove the bay leaves. Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper if needed.
- 7. Top steaming bowls of soup with freshly grated parmesan.
