Minestrone SoupServes about 6-8Ingredients50 g EVOO
3 short cut bacon pieces, or you can use any bacon
½ sliced leek
1 small carrot, chopped
1 brown onion
2 sticks chopped celery
250g shredded savoy cabbage
60g frozen peas
a can of borlotti beans, drained and rinsed, I used chick peas
1 potato cubed
1 small zucchini, cubed
1 small tomato, chopped
PreparationI cut the vegetables by hand as I wanted the soup chunky. It didn't take me long.
Place onion in bowl and blitz on speed 4 until the size you want.
Add chopped up leek and EVOO and bacon that has been chopped.
Cook Varoma,
, speed 2 with the MC off approx. 5 minutes. Mine did need a bit more.
Add the carrot and celery. Approx 5 minutes Varoma,
speed 2.
Add cabbage, frozen peas, potato, zucchini and tomato.
Varoma 5 minutes,
speed 2.
Add approx. 1 litre of water and your favourite stock paste. If you have a T 5 you can add about another 250ml of water.
Cook at 100,
, speed 2/3 for about 15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.
Add seasoning and the borlotti beans. Cook another 5 minutes
You can add about 100g Arborio rice if you like it thicker. Take care it isn't too much for the bowl.
This is a lovely soup. I have adapted it from a recipe in the Women's Day
