Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mighty minestrone. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mighty Minestrone is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Mighty Minestrone is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook mighty minestrone using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mighty Minestrone:
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 1 carrot, diced
- Get 1 stick celery, diced
- Get 2 cloves garlic, crushed/finely chopped
- Get 1 courgette, diced
- Make ready 2 small pots, diced
- Get 2 heaped tbsp tomato puree
- Prepare 1 L veg stock (I use Kallo)
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 1 can borlotti beans, drained and rinsed
- Get 1 handful shredded cavolo nero
- Take 2 handfuls small pasta or broken up spaghetti
- Take Parmesan rinds or vegetarian alternative
- Get Extra virgin or rapeseed oil
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Prepare (Optional) 1 tsp of green pesto
Steps to make Mighty Minestrone:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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’.
- Pull out the rinds and bay leaves. Serve with grated Parmesan and teaspoon of pesto on top of each bowl, if using.
- 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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