Nonna Angelina Purpura’s Saint Joseph’s Day Minestrone

Saint Joseph’s Day in Sicily is a day of great celebration, but to many Sicilians, it is also a day to give back. Nonna Angelina’s flavorful minestrone is traditionally made to mark the holiday and perform an act of charity. Nonna Angelina recalls that many families in Sicily who felt they had been blessed by Saint Joseph would prepare large pots of this vegetable stew to give to the less fortunate. The traditional minestra would be made with any sea