Milanese minestrone

Name: Milanese minestrone (Caterina Bossi, Milan)
Prep time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: grated Grana Padano cheese; extra-virgin olive oil (optional); 100 g pork rind; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 300 g short-grain rice; 2 parsley sprigs; 50 g lardo; 2 sage sprigs; 1 rosemary sprig; 2 carrots; 2 celery stalks with leaves; 1 onion; 2 garlic cloves; 500 g fresh borlotti beans (or 150 g dried borlotti beans); 500 g fresh borlotti beans (or 150 g dried borlotti beans); 2 tomatoes; 2 potatoes; 1 aubergine; 2 courgettes

Caterina Bossi, Milan

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Recipes from Milan and Lombardy

By Slow Food

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

500 g fresh borlotti beans (or 150 g dried borlotti beans)
2

Europe
Italy
Milan
Starter
Gluten-free
Summer
Winter
Lombardy
Spicy
Mediterranean

Method

If using dried beans, soak them for at least 12 hours, then drain and rinse. If using fresh beans, pod them. Chop all the vegetables, keeping them separate.

Mince together 1 garlic clove, the parsley and the lardo. Sauté this mixture in a large pot for a few minutes, then add the pork rind with the onion, celery and carrots, the remaining whole garlic clove, the sage leaves and the rose