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Try SavoraMinestrone | Authentic Italian Soup Recipe
This soup takes some time to make, but it’s simple and delicious! Feel free to substitute any of the given vegetables with similar replacements of your choice. A minestrone is a blank slate!
Recipe adapted from: pastagrammar.com
Ingredients
- olive oil1/4 cup
- onion, diced1/2
- pinto beans, soaked overnight and drained1 cup
- to 3 stalks rosemary and thyme, tied into a bundle with butcher twine2
- potato, peeled and cubed1 medium
- stalk celery, chopped1
- carrot, peeled and chopped1/3 large
- butternut squash, cubed1/3 medium
- whole peeled tomato, diced1
- leek, thinly sliced1
- cauliflower, broken into florets1/2
- kale, chopped4 ounces
- zucchini, chopped1
- asparagus stalks, chopped5
- frozen peas1/4 cup
- Parmigiano Reggiano rind, scraped clean (optional)
- Salt
- carnaroli or arborio rice1/3 cup
- to 4 fresh basil leaves3
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In a large pot, bring the olive oil up to medium/high temperature. Add the onion and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, or until tender and slightly transparent.
Add the beans and herb bundle, and stir them into the onions. Add warm (or at least room temperature) water until the beans are covered. Bring the soup to a simmer and let cook for about 5 minutes.
Gradually add the rest of the vegetables: potato, celery and carrot (added together), squash, tomato, leek, cauliflower, kale, and the zucchini and asparagus (added together). Each time you add a vegetable, add more water as necessary to keep them covered and bring the pot to a simmer for about 5 minutes before adding the next ingredient.
After adding the zucchini and asparagus, add 1 to 2 cups more water so that there is some excess liquid which can evaporate. Partially cover the pot and let simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
Next add the frozen peas and (optionally) a piece or two of cleaned Parmigiano cheese rind. Salt the soup to taste, partially cover the pot again, and let simmer for a further 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, add the rice and tear in a few leaves of basil. Simmer, uncovered, for the recommended cook time of your chosen rice (about 15 minutes usually).
Serve hot.
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