Quick basil minestrone

Name: Quick basil minestrone
Ingredients: 50 ml olive oil; ¼ bunch fresh basil, roughly shredded; a handful croûtons, to serve; 150 g tinned cannellini beans; 20 g Parmesan, grated; 1 bay leaf; 50 g spaghetti, broken into short pieces; 150 g tinned tomatoes, drained; a sprig of fresh thyme; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 litre chicken stock (see Tip); 1 celery stick, cut into 1 cm cubes; 1 leek, finely chopped; ½ onion, finely chopped; 1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

This is a great way of clearing out the fridge and store cupboard. Any kind ot tinned beans will work and feel free to change the vegetables, depending on what you have. The essential ingredients are a good stock, the tinned tomatoes, the Parmesan and the basil.

Ingredients

50 ml olive oil
½ onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes<

Starter
Soup
Simple

Method

Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onion, carrot and celery and cook for 3 minutes. Add the leek and garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Pour in the chicken stock and add the tinned tomatoes, thyme and bay leaf. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the spaghetti, cook for a further 8 minutes, then add the beans and warm through.