Minestrone Soup Recipe Step by Step with Pictures
Learn how to make minestrone soup with pasta, French beans and vegetables easily. This easy Italian vegetable soup recipe guide includes a step-by-step procedure with images to help you along the way.
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Cooking Preparation (Mise-en-place)
Gather all the minestrone ingredients to be used. Measure them accurately as required, washing and cutting the French beans and all vegetables as per the recipe. Ensure that your kitchen equipment, such as stock pots and kitchen spoons, is clean and ready to go. This preparation procedure enables you to cook smoothly and stay focused throughout the recipe.
How to Make Minestrone Soup
Follow the procedure below to make a hearty Italian vegetable soup
Ingredients
- 100g- Parsley
- 2- garlic
- 200g- tomatoes
- 100g- bacon
- 2tbs- tomato puree
- 100g- butter
- 100g- potatoes
- 50g- peas
- 50g- spaghetti
- 2- bouquet garni
- 50g-french beans
- 1ltr- white stock
- 600g- mixed vegetables
- salt to taste
- pinch of pepper
Nutritional Information
- Energy: 1,115Kj
- Cals: 260kcal
- Fat: 22.9g
- Sat fat: 5.8g
- Carb: 11.9g
- Sugar: 4.2g
- Protein: 3.8g
- Fibre: 4.1g
Directions
1. Cut mixed vegetables
Cut the peeled and washed mixed vegetables into paysanne
2. Cook vegetables in butter.
Cook the vegetables slowly without colour in the butter.
3. Add the stock and seasoning
Add the stock, bouquet garni, seasoning and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Add the peas and the beans cut into julienne and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the peas and the French beans, cut into julienne, and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add the spaghetti , potatoes and tomatoes
Add the spaghetti in 2 cm lengths, the potatoes cut into paysanne, the tomato puree and the tomatoes, and simmer gently until all are cooked
6. Finely chop the bacon, parsley and garlic
Finely chop the bacon, parsley and garlic and form into a paste.
7. Mold the paste into pellets
Mold the paste into pellets the size of a pea and drop into the boiling soup.
8. Remove the bouquet garni
Remove the bouquet garni, and correct the seasoning.
9. Serve hot.
Serve hot with croutons separately.
