Minestrone Soup Tried True Food

CLASSIC MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook onion, carrot, celery, garlic and rosemary until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, beans and 2 1/2 cups water. Add broth, zucchini, pasta and pepper; bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, 10 minutes or until pasta is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and additional parsley, if desired.

ITALIAN MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot add a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, roughly chopped onion, carrots, celery, garlic clove, and pancetta cubes. Sautee on medium heat for a few minutes stirring a couple of times in the process.
• Add potatoes, butternut squash, tomatoes, bay leaf, rosemary sprigs and a couple of pinches of salt.
• Give a nice stir and add enough water to cover all the veggies.Bring to a boil and simmer on low heat for 40 minutes. Add more liquid if needed.
• Past this time veggies will become super soft and will "melt" one into another creating delicious creamy texture.
• Once veggies are cooked add chopped savoy cabbage or other leafy greens and drained canned beans. Add more water if needed. Give a nice stir and cook for another 15 minutes.
• As a last step, add pasta or rice. Let cook for 5-15 more minutes depending on how long pasta or rice will take to cook.
• If you're not planning to serve minestrone right away, don't add pasta or rice immediately.Instead, bring the soup to a boil when you're ready to serve it and then add pasta or rice.
• Minestrone is ready to serve when pasta (rice) is cooked. I takes about 5-6 minutes for ditalini pasta and about 15 minutes for rice.
• Serve hot or warm generously topped with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.

MINESTRONE SOUP -- TRIED & TRUE!!

Steps:

• Brown ground beef.
• Add vegetables, water and seasoning and bring to boil.
• Sprinkle rice or barley and noodles into mixture. Cover and simmer at least 1 hour.
• Serve sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.
• Best cooked longer and the day before. Chill and skim off fat.
• You can really use whatever veggies you like. If it is too thick, thin with water, beef broth, tomato juice or vegetable juice.

CLASSIC MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or casserole pot over a low-medium heat and gently fry the onion, celery, carrot, courgette and pancetta for 10 mins. Add the garlic and oregano, and cook for 1 min. Tip in the beans, chopped tomatoes, purée, stock and bay leaf. Season to taste. Bring to the simmer and cook for 30 mins.
• Add the pasta and greens, and cook for a further 10 mins. Ladle into bowls and scatter with the basil and some parmesan.

EASY MICROWAVE MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place sliced onions into microwavable bowl and microwave for 2 minutes, till soft.
• Add chopped tomatoes, frozen vegetables and water. Microwave for 2 minutes.
• Moosh everything up, to ensure that the tomatoes release their tomato-ey juices. Tear up slice of bread and submerge in the soup, mix.
• Add salt, pepper, tobasco sauce and maybe even some pasta sauce or tomato ketchup to taste.
• Mix and Enjoy!
• PS: Amounts are variable. You may want to add less/ more water depending on what you like. Add more bread. Bread is good for you!