Name: Soupe au pistou (Pistou soup)
Yield: For 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g very small pasta (coquillettes, vermicelli or spaghetti broken into 1 cm pieces); 2 level tablespoons of freshly grated parmesan cheese, to garnish; 500 g dried white and red beans (unless you can find fresh coco and red beans); 1 large tomato; 300 g carrots; 300 g fresh green beans; 1 large bunch basil; 150 ml olive oil; 3 garlic cloves; 2 level tablespoons of freshly grated parmesan cheese; 1 small leek, tough green bits removed; 3-4 courgettes; 3 potatoes

Preparation info

For
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Nobody Does it Better

By Trish Deseine

Published 2007

About

A healthy, hearty soup, similar to the great Italian minestrone and a sure-fire way of letting a little southern French sunshine into your kitchen. Pistou, similar to Italian pesto, is a basil and garlic purée. I like the calming, cumulative aspect of this recipe. The chopping time of each ingredient lets those already in the pot cook perfectly so you never feel you are wasting your energy on a boring chore.