Not-exactly Minestrone Soup

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Great recipe for Not-exactly Minestrone Soup. Another soup (vaguely inspired by the Italian staple) using up vegetables before they "go off" and other ingredients from the larder. If I had any celery, that'd be in too. Basically, just use up any vegetables to hand.

Not-exactly Minestrone Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Not-exactly Minestrone Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook not-exactly minestrone soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Not-exactly Minestrone Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 tbsp Oil
  2. Get 1 onion, chopped
  3. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  4. Get 2 tbsp tomato purée
  5. Prepare 1 leek, sliced
  6. Get 3 carrots, diced
  7. Make ready 1 pepper, deseeded and diced
  8. Take 100 g chestnut mushrooms, chopped
  9. Get A few cherry tomatoes, halved
  10. Get 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
  11. Make ready 2 litres vegetable stock. “Marigold” or stock cubes fine
  12. Prepare Handful dried pasta. I’ve used Trofie but otherwise break large types of pasta into pieces
  13. Make ready 400 g tin cannelloni beans, drained
  14. Get 1⁄4 cabbage in strips. The core stalk has also been used, diced
  15. Take 1 tsp each dried oregano and thyme
  16. Take 1⁄2 tsp dried basil
  17. Take Grated Parmesan cheese

Stir in the green beans, tomato sauce, kidney beans, Italian seasoning and chicken stock. Heat olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add water and bring to a boil. Unlike minestrone, fish and meat are often used and there are prominent regional specialities.

Instructions to make Not-exactly Minestrone Soup:
  1. Heat the oil in a stock pot or large saucepan. Gently fry the onion for 3 minutes, only stirring to avoid sticking.
  2. Add the garlic and fry for a further minute. Then stir in the tomato purée, pepper, mushrooms and the leek and continue to fry gently for another 2 minutes.
  3. Stir in the carrots and continue gently frying for 2 minutes or until all the vegetables are nicely softened but not browned. Add the cherry tomatoes and give it all another gentle stir.
  4. Add the tinned tomatoes and the stock. Gently but throughly stir, add the oregano, thyme and basil, bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, put a lid on and cook for 15 minutes.
  5. Add the beans and the pasta, stir and continue to cook until the pasta is cooked, around 8-12 minutes.
  6. Stir in the cabbage and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Then season to taste and serve piping hot, with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

Add water and bring to a boil. Unlike minestrone, fish and meat are often used and there are prominent regional specialities. Minestrone - usually prepared from freshly available vegetables, the ingredients to make minestrone vary depending on season and geographical location, although an essential core can be identified in onions, celery, carrots, potatoes and beans. Saute onions in oil for five minutes over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for five more minutes.

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