21. Minestrone

Name: 21. Minestrone
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean, European
Ingredients: 100ml olive oil; 1 onion, diced; 1 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 2 carrots, diced; 2 celery stalks, diced; 1.5L vegetable stock; 2 bay leaves; 1 stalk rosemary; 225g dried borlotti beans; 4 tomatoes, diced; 1 zucchini, diced; 1 bunch Swiss chard, chopped; 2 potatoes, diced; 150g ditalini pasta

4 steps

Prep:45minCook:45min

I couldn’t find ditalini pasta this time around, so went for macaroni. Canned borlotti beans are an okay way to save time if you need to. The vegetables listed are just a suggestion, and you should try making minestrone with whatever vegetables are looking good or in season. Any leafy green, like spinach, or cavolo nero, would work well instead of chard.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:05:48 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories553.7 kcal (28%)

Total Fat20.8 g (30%)

Carbs76 g (29%)

Sugars9.1 g (10%)

Protein19.4 g (39%)

Sodium1060.4 mg (53%)

Fiber17.3 g (62%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

5 servings

100mlolive oil

1 clovesgarlic

1.5lvegetable stock

2bay leaves

1 stalkrosemary

225gdried borlotti beans

1 bunchswiss chard

chopped

2potatoes

diced

150gditalini pasta

Instructions

Step 1

Soak the borlotti beans, for 6-8 hours or overnight if possible.

Step 2

In a large, heavy pot, add oil, onion, garlic, celery and carrot and sweat. You can chop the rest of the ingredients as you’re going and add them bit by bit. My suggestion would be to add the stock, herbs, then beans, tomatoes, zucchini, potato, then chard. Leave the pasta until last, just before you’re about to eat.

Step 3

Test for seasoning - add salt and pepper generously as required. Then cook the pasta in the soup, usually for about 3 minutes longer than indicated on the packaging.

Step 4

Fish out the rosemary and bay leaves if you can find them, and serve as is.