Name: Provençal Soup with Pistou (Soupe au pistou)
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 12 h 45 min
Yield: For six people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 1 bouquet garni containing a sprig of thyme, a bayleaf and four sprigs of parsley, tied with a thread; 8 generous tablespoons olive oil; 6 cloves of garlic; 300 g (10½ oz) fresh white coco beans or 200 g (7 oz) dried white coco beans (these are rounder than haricot beans. They can be obtained from Italian grocers. If you cannot find them use haricot beans); 2 beef or chicken stock cubes; 2 carrots; 2 slender courgettes; 2 turnips; 1 handsome potato weighing 100 g (3½ oz); 2 inner stalks of celery; 1 good handful of French beans; The white part of a leek; 1 onion preferably fresh; 30 fresh basil leaves; 4 large ripe tomatoes weighing 80 g (3 oz) each