Minestrone is a type of thick Italian soup that consists mainly of seasonal vegetables and can be enjoyed all year round. Because the soup is traditionally made from whatever vegetables are in season, there is not a set recipe for this dish. It can contain meat with a bone stock or be vegan with a vegetable stock. Some of the most common ingredients are beans, onions, celery, cabbage, tomatoes, and carrots. The dish is rich and sumptuous that is full of flavors and very healthy. This minestrone recipe contains 12 different types of vegetables with a hearty vegetable stock. (Source:100 Foodtube by Jamie Oliver).
Ingredients
Minestrone · 200g frozen or fresh peas · 100g borlotti beans · 100g broad beans · 1 onion, diced · 1 celery stalk, finely chopped · 100 courgettes (yellow and green), diced · 1 leek, finely chopped · 1 broccoli head (includes stalk), finely chopped · 3 medium potatoes, diced · 1 large carrot, diced · ½ green cabbage, finely chopped · 10-20 cherry tomatoes · Handful of basil leaves, finely chopped · 5 tbs extra virgin olive oils · 3 cloves of garlic, crushed · Handful of parsley (includes stalk), finely chopped · 200g bucatini pasta | Vegetable stock · Mirepoix base (onions, celery and carrots, 2:1:1), diced · Herbs (rosemary, thymes, parsley), finely chopped · 2 tbs of olive oil · Salt · Black peppercorns · 2L water · 4 cloves of garlic
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To make the vegetable stock, sauté the chopped herbs and diced vegetables in a sauce pan along with the olive oil and crushed garlic on medium heat for 5-10 minutes to release all beautiful aromas and flavors. Add the water, a few black peppercorns and bring the stock to a boil and then let simmer. Season the stock with salt. After at least 30 minutes, strain the liquid and discard the vegetables. Note that the longer the cook, the better the deeper the flavors.
Vegetable Broth
To make minestrone, in a large sauce pan, combine everything with 1.5L of the freshly made vegetable stock. Bring the stock to a boil and add in the bucatini. Then simmer the soup on medium low heat until the bucatini is cooked to al dente. Serve the minestrone in a bow with freshly grated parmesan and a few drizzles of olive oil.
Minestrone Ingredients
