Recipe of Minestrone Soup

How to make Minestrone Soup.

Ingredient                                     4 Portion

 •Mixed veg. ( onion, leek            • 300g

Celery, carrot, turnip,

Cabbage ), peeled 

• Butter or oil                                 • 50g

• White stock or water                 • 0.5 lt

• Bouquet garni                             •  1

• Salt & Pepper                              • TT

• Peas                                               • 25g

• French Beans                              • 25g

• Spaghetti                                      • 25g

• Potatoes, peeled                          • 50g

• Tomato puree                              • 1tsp

• Tomato, skinned, diced             • 100g

• Parsley                                          • 20g

- Process of making :- 

1. Cut the peeled and washed mixed into paysanne.

2. Cook slowly without colour in the oil amd butter in the pan with a lid on.

3. Add the stock, bouquet garni and seasoning; simmer for approximately 20 minutes.

4. Add the peas and the beans cut into diamonds and simmer for 10 minutes. 

5. Add the spaghetti in 2cm length, the potatoes cut into paysanne, the tomato puree and the tomatoes,  and simmer gently until all the vegetables are cooked.

6. Meanwhile finely chop the Parsley and garlic, if using and form into a paste.

7. Mould the paste into pellets the size of a pea and drop into a boiling soup.

8. Remove the bouquet garni, correct the seasoning. 

9. Serve grated Parmesan cheese and croutons of bread or slice of french bread separately.

• Healthy eating tips :- 

• Use an unsaturated oil to lightly oil the pan. Drain off any excess the frying is complete and skin the fat from the finished dish.

• Season with the minimum amount of salt as the bacon ( if using) and cheese are high in salt