Spinach Soup With Elbow Pasta Food

SPINACH SOUP WITH ELBOW PASTA

Steps:

• Peel and wash the carrots, potato, onions, turnip and the leek. In a large saucepan with 2 liters (8 cups) water put the potato, turnip, leek, the onions and the carrots, everything cut into pieces. Boil over high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to medium-low heat and cook for about 20 minutes.
• Remove briefly the saucepan from heat and use a hand blender to blend the soup until creamy. Season with olive oil and a little salt. Stir and place the saucepan back on the stove over high heat. When starts boiling, add the elbow pasta and cook for about 7 minutes. When the pasta is almost cooked, add the spinach cut into pieces and cook more 4 to 5 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and serve.

EASY SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat. Add carrots, scallion, and garlic; cook and stir until scallion is soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in spinach; cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.

SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the spinach and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until the spinach is wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mixture to a blender or food processor, pour in 1/4 cup hot water and pulse until pureed. Set aside.
• In a large soup pot, cook the onions in the butter over medium heat until the onions begin to soften. Sprinkle the flour over the top and stir to combine. Cook for about 2 minutes, then pour in the milk, stirring occasionally. Add the salt, cayenne and some black pepper and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour in the pureed spinach, then cook until thickened, another 3 to 5 minutes.
• Check the seasonings, adding more salt, black pepper or cayenne as needed. Serve warm.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PASTA SOUP

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausages and put them in 8-quart stock pot over medium-high heat. Cook them, stirring often and breaking them apart until browned and crumbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Spoon out and discard all but about 1 tablespoon of the fat from pan.
• Add carrots, onion, and garlic; stir often until onion is limp, about 5 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes with their juice, beans, and basil. Bring to a boil.
• Add pasta, reduce heat and summer, with cover on, stirring occasionally until pasta is just tender to bite, about 10 minutes. Skim and discard fat.
• Stir in spinach and cook just until it is wilted, about 30 seconds. Add salt and pepper to taste. Offer parmesan cheese to sprinkle over top to taste.

PASTA FAGIOLI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain, remove from pan and set aside. In the same pan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute longer. , Add the water, beans, tomatoes, broth, macaroni and pepper; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until macaroni is tender, 8-10 minutes. , Reduce heat to low; stir in sausage and spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted, 2-3 minutes. Garnish with cheese.

GARLIC SOUP WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Place the stock or water in a large saucepan or soup pot with the bouquet garni. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper. Bring to a simmer and add the garlic. Cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add the pasta and simmer 5 minutes, until cooked al dente. Remove the bouquet garni.
• Beat the eggs in a bowl and stir in 1/3 cup of stock, making sure that it is not boiling, and the cheese.
• Stir the spinach into the simmering stock and simmer for 1 minute. Drizzle in the egg mixture, scraping all of it in with a rubber spatula. Turn off the heat and stir very slowly with the spatula, paddling it back and forth until the eggs have set. Taste, adjust seasoning, and serve at once.

SPINACH AND MACARONI SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a pot of salted boiling water, cook the macaroni until tender, about 5 to 6 minutes. Drain in cold running water. Set aside. 2. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat, and cook the onion and garlic until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes, and cook, stirring frequently, until reduced and thickened, about 5 minutes. Add the broth, and bring to a boil. Stir in the spinach, salt, red pepper, and macaroni. Simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Divide the soup among 4 soup bowls, and sprinkle with cheese. Serve at once with lime wedges.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SPINACH SOUP WITH PASTA AND EGG

Steps:

• Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Lower the eggs into the water, and reduce the heat to keep the water at a gentle boil for 10 minutes. Drain the water, and put the eggs back in the pot, shaking them against the sides to crack the shells. Add enough cool water and ice to cover the eggs, and cool them completely.
• Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan, and add the pasta and, if needed, the salt. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so the pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Cut the spinach coarsely, and add it to the saucepan. Bring the mixture back to a boil, reduce the heat to low and boil gently for 2 minutes. Stir in the pepper.
• Shell the eggs, and cut them into 1/4-inch pieces. Divide them among six soup bowls, and ladle the hot soup on top. Serve immediately.

ONE-POT SPINACH BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook beef and garlic over medium heat until beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbles, 6-8 minutes; drain. Stir in broth, tomatoes and seasonings; bring to a boil. Stir in pasta; return to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until pasta is tender, 7-9 minutes., Stir in spinach until wilted. Sprinkle servings with cheese.

SPINACH, BEAN & PASTA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan set over medium heat, heat a drizzle of oil and saute the sausage, breaking it up with a spoon, until it's no longer pink.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until soft.
• Add the water, pasta, tomato sauce, stock, oregano, and salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the pasta is tender.
• Add the spinach and beans and cook the soup for another 3 to 5 minutes.
• If it seems too thick, thin it with a little extra stock, tomato juice, or water.
• Ladle into bowls and top each serving with Parmesan while it's still hot.