Name: Minestrone
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: bouquet garni; 2 celery sticks, sliced; 2 rashers smoked bacon, cut into cubes; 100 g (3 ¼ oz) Parmesan, freshly grated; 40 g (1 ¼ oz) white beans (haricot or navy beans); 35 g (1 ¼ oz) unsalted butter; 1.5 litres chicken stock; 50 g (1 ¾ oz) green peas; 1 onion, sliced; 2 carrots, finely chopped; 250 g (8 oz) green cabbage, roughly shredded; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 2 leeks, white part only, thinly sliced; 2 cloves garlic, crushed

Le Cordon Bleu

Minestrone

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Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
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By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

This is a traditional version of the Italian classic. The soup can be thickened with either white beans or perhaps spaghetti, and a generous spoonful of Parmesan added at the table.

Ingredients

40 g (1 ¼ oz) white beans (haricot or navy beans)
1.5

Europe
Italy
Soup
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Place the dried beans in a bowl, cover with twice their volume of cold water, then leave to soak overnight. Drain, then rinse the soaked beans under cold running water. Heat the chicken stock in a large pan, add the drained beans and bring slowly to the boil over medium heat. Cook for 45 minutes, or until the beans are tender, skimming the surface often.
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