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Minestrone with pesto is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Minestrone with pesto is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook minestrone with pesto using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Minestrone with pesto:
- Get 1500 ml stock or water
- Make ready 45 ml olive oil
- Take 1 large onion, finely chopped
- Take 1 leek, sliced
- Prepare 2 carrots, finely chopped
- Take 1 celery stick, finely chopped
- Get 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Take 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into small dice
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Get 1 sprig fresh thyme
- Take 115 grams peas, fresh or frozen
- Make ready 3 courgettes, finely chopped
- Prepare 3 tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped
- Make ready 425 grams cooked or canned beans, such as cannellini
- Get 45 ml pesto sauce
- Prepare 1 freshed parmesan cheese, to serve salt and ground black pepper
Toast pistachios on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing once, until golden brown. The Minestrone with Pesto recipe out of our category Vegetable Soup! Minestrone (/ˌmɪnɪsˈtroʊni/; Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice, sometimes both. Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes.
Steps to make Minestrone with pesto:
- In a large sauce pan, heat the stock or water untip it reaches simmering point
- In another saucepan heat the olive oil. Stir in the onion and leek, and cook for 5-6 minutes, or until the onion softens.
- Add the carrots, celery and garlic, and cook over a moderate heat, stirring often, for a further 5 minutes. Add the potatoes and cook for further 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in the hot stock water, and stir well. Add the bay leaf and thyme and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat slightly, leave to cook for 10-12 minutes more.
- Stir in the peas, if fresh, and the finely chopped courgettes and simmer for a further 5 minute. Add the frozen peas, if using, and the chopped tomatoes. Cover the pan, bring slowly to the boil, bring slowly to the boil, then mixture for about 5-8 minutes.
- About 20 minutes before serving the minestrone, remove the lid, and stir in the beans. Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the pesto sauc. Taste and ajust the seasoning if necessary. Simmer for a further 5 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat. Allow the soup to stand for few minutes, to bring out the flavours, then serve in warmed bowls. Serve the parmesan separately.
The minestrone soup I've been serving for years began as Ina Garten's Winter Minestrone soup, but since I can't Pesto is packed with concentrated flavor, thanks to chopped herbs, nuts, and cheese. A classic take on minestrone soup. The pesto sets off the freshness of the dish. This soup really puts the emphasis on the old joke that soup is made of leftovers and throwaway parts. Claire Thomson: With seasonal vegetables and a generous dollop of homemade pesto, minestrone makes a luxurious meal for the whole family.
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