Minestrone Soup
| Category: | Soups |
| Cooking Time: | 3 h 30 min |
| Portions: |
10
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| Kitchen: | Italian Cuisine |
| Cost Range: | Expensive |
Ingredients:
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150 gr Salted bacon
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200 ml Olive oil
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3 cloves Garlic
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2 kg Onions
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6 Tomatoes
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200 gr Potatoes
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1 small Green cabbage
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2.5 l White stock
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150 gr Green beans
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3 stalks White leeks
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1 stalk White celery
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3 kg Turnips
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3 kg Carottes
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50 gr Spaghetti
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1 bunch Basil
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1 bunch Chervil
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100 gr Peas
Instructions:
- After washing the vegetables, cut them into small pieces.
- Clean and chop the garlic.
- Cut the bacon into very fine strips (lardons).
- Make a small cross on the tomato and immerse it in boiling water for 10 seconds, cool it with cold water, remove the skin and cut the tomatoes into small cubes.
- Peel and wash the potatoes.
- Cut the green cabbage into fine pieces.
- Cut the basil into fine strips (chiffonade).
- Gently sauté the chopped onions, bacon and garlic in olive oil and add the chopped vegetables.
- Moisten with white stock and let it simmer gently for 30 minutes.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, peas, sliced green beans and broken spaghetti at the end.
- Let it simmer slowly for about 3 hours.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
