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; ½ tsp. pepper; 2 c. chopped onion; 1½ c. broken-up uncooked spaghetti; 1 c. frozen loose-pack green beans; 1½ c. thinly sliced fresh or frozen zucchini or small yellow squash; Basil leaves; Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese; 1½ c. diced carrots; 2 c. finely shredded cabbage; 1½ c. diced celery; 1 clove garlic, minced; ½ lb. ground chuck; 1 tblsp. parsley flakes; 1 medium potato, peeled and cubed

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
Gluten-free
Soup
Mediterranean

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