Mighty Minestrone
Mighty Minestrone

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mighty minestrone. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mighty Minestrone is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mighty Minestrone is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mighty minestrone using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mighty Minestrone:
  1. Make ready 1 onion, diced
  2. Get 1 carrot, diced
  3. Prepare 1 stick celery, diced
  4. Take 2 cloves garlic, crushed/finely chopped
  5. Prepare 1 courgette, diced
  6. Get 2 small pots, diced
  7. Get 2 heaped tbsp tomato puree
  8. Make ready 1 L veg stock (I use Kallo)
  9. Take 2 bay leaves
  10. Get 1 can borlotti beans, drained and rinsed
  11. Take 1 handful shredded cavolo nero
  12. Take 2 handfuls small pasta or broken up spaghetti
  13. Take Parmesan rinds or vegetarian alternative
  14. Get Extra virgin or rapeseed oil
  15. Get Salt and pepper
  16. Get (Optional) 1 tsp of green pesto
Instructions to make Mighty Minestrone:
  1. Add a lug of oil into a large pan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and soften for 5-6 minutes until translucent. Add the garlic and soften for 2 more minutes.
  2. Add the tomato puree to the pan, stir and cook out for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil then add the courgette, borlotti beans, pasta, Parmesan rinds (or veggi alternative if using), bay leaves and seasoning.
  3. Simmer for around 15 mins until the potatoes and pasta are cooked. A couple of minutes from the end, add the cavolo nero and add a drop more water if you need to make it more ‘soupy’.
  4. Pull out the rinds and bay leaves. Serve with grated Parmesan and teaspoon of pesto on top of each bowl, if using.
  5. Don’t have borlotti beans? Use pinto or cannellini beans - -No Parmesan rinds? Don’t let it stop you, just save them in a bag in the fridge or freezer for next time….they keep for ages! - -No cavolo nero? Use kale as an alternative or spinach - -Feel free to add and interchange vegetables that you have or that need using up.

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