Minestrone Soup
Serves: 4
Ingredients
To make Minestrone Soup, you'll need:
- 200g broad beans, shelled
- 110g mange tout, cut into juliennes
- ½ a celery stick, finely chopped
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1.5 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 medium carrot, fine chopped
- 1 tomato, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tsp. tomato puree
- 1.2l water
- 30g spaghetti, broken into 1 inch lengths
- ½ tbsp. fresh parsley, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Basil leaves for garnishing
Method
- Fry the onions and garlic on medium heat for around 4 minutes.
- Add in the carrot and celery. Cook for another couple of minutes.
- Place the onion mixture in a medium saucepan and pour in the water. Bring to boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Cook the broad beans in boiling water for 3 minutes or so.
- Take out and drain in a colander.
- Place the mange tout in the hot water and boil for a minute. Drain and place aside.
- Add in the tomato and tomato puree and cook for another minute.
- Puree a quarter of the soup mixture and a quarter of the bean mixture in a blender and put to the side.
- Add the spaghetti to the remainder of the soup and cook for around 7 minutes until done.
- Stir in the puree and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add in the remaining broad beans, mange touts as well as the parsley and season.
- When you wish to serve the soup, ladle it in to bowls and decorate with sprigs of basil.
Nutritional Facts (Per Serving)
Calories 267.5 | Total Fat 5.9g | Saturated Fat 0.7g | Carbohydrates 42.2g | Fibre 11.7g | Protein 9.3g
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