Minestrone

Name: Minestrone
Yield: Makes about 7 quarts
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1½ lbs. shin beef with bone; 1 c. dried navy beans; 5 qts. water; 2 tblsp. salt; 1½ c. thinly sliced fresh or frozen zucchini or small yellow squash; ½ lb. ground chuck; Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese; 1½ c. broken-up uncooked spaghetti; 1 c. frozen loose-pack green beans; 1½ c. diced celery; 1 clove garlic, minced; 2 c. chopped onion; ½ tsp. pepper; 1 tblsp. parsley flakes; 1 medium potato, peeled and cubed; 1½ c. diced carrots; 2 c. finely shredded cabbage; Basil leaves

Preparation info

Makes about
7 quarts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

This is a big recipe for the great Italian soup—freeze the surplus

Ingredients

1½ lbs. shin beef with bone
1 c. dried navy beans
5 qts

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Place shin beef, beans, water, salt and pepper in large kettle. Cover and simmer 3 hours. (This may be done a day ahead.)
Remove meat from mixture and cut meat from bones. Add meat to soup. Add onion, garlic, celery, cabbage, carrots, potato and parsley.
Brown ground chuck and add to mixture. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minute