Minestrone
From sosousme 14 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This recipe comes from the Colavita USA website. It is, truly Italian.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 cup chopped onion shopping list
- 3 stalks celery, diced (use some of the leaves) shopping list
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced shopping list
- 1/4 head green cabbage, shredded shopping list
- 1/4 pound green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 3 to 4 sprigs parsley, preferably Italian, chopped shopping list
- 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste* shopping list
- 2 cups low-salt beef broth shopping list
- 9 cups water shopping list
- 1 or 2 cans kidney or cannellini (white kidney beans) drained and rinsed shopping list
- 3 small zucchini, chopped shopping list
- 1 cup small pasta, such as elbow pasta, cooked according to package directions shopping list
- salt and pepper, to taste shopping list
- 6 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese, or to taste shopping list
- *I like to use 1/2 of a can of tomato paste and 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes with their juice. shopping list
How to make it
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven; add the onion, celery, carrots, cabbage, green beans, garlic and parsley. Saute over low heat until they are wilted. Add the tomato paste (and canned tomatoes if using); beef broth and water; simmer 45 minutes.
- Add the beans, zucchini and pasta. Simmer until heated through and the zucchini is tender, about 5 minutes.
- Ladle into warmed bowls, top with Parmesan cheese.
- Per Serving: 411 Calories; 21g Fat (4g Sat, 14g Mono, 2g Poly); 16g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 4mg Cholesterol; 817mg Sodium.
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