Spring Vegetable Soup With Pesto Food

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Cover beans with 6 cups cold water in a large pot. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 hour.
• Drain beans; return to pot. Cover with 3 quarts cold water. Add bay leaf and thyme; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, partially covered, until beans are barely tender, about 2 hours.
• Add leeks, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, broth, and 2 cups water. Simmer, partially covered, until the beans are tender, about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Make pesto: Finely chop garlic in a food processor. Add basil; process. Add cheese and oil; process until combined.
• Add green beans and zucchini to pot. Cook, uncovered, 20 minutes. Add peas; cook until soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among bowls; top each with 1 heaping teaspoon pesto.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pan; cook onion and garlic, stirring, until onion is soft. Add leek, carrot and celery; cook, stirring, until vegetables are soft. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Stir in stock; simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes.
• Add pasta; simmer, uncovered until just tender. Stir in parsley.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP WITH BASIL PESTO

Steps:

• Heat the oil, then fry the leek until softened. Add the green beans and courgette, then pour in the stock and season to taste. Cover and simmer for 5 mins.
• Meanwhile, make the pesto: put the basil, garlic, nuts, Parmesan, oil and ½ tsp salt in a food processor, then blitz until smooth.
• Stir the tomatoes, cannellini beans and vermicelli into the soup pan, then simmer for 5 mins more until the veg are just tender. The soup and pesto can now be chilled for up to a day.
• Reheat the soup, if necessary, then stir in half the pesto. Ladle into bowls and serve with the rest of the pesto spooned on top. Eat with chunks of crusty bread.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Cover beans with 6 cups cold water in a large pot. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 hour.
• Drain beans; return to pot. Cover with 3 quarts cold water. Add bay leaf and thyme; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, partially covered, until beans are barely tender, about 2 hours.
• Add leeks, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, broth, and 2 cups water. Simmer, partially covered, until the beans are tender, about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Make pesto: Finely chop garlic in a food processor. Add basil; process. Add cheese and oil; process until combined.
• Add green beans and zucchini to pot. Cook, uncovered, 20 minutes. Add peas; cook until soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among bowls; top each with 1 heaping teaspoon pesto.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Cover beans with 6 cups cold water in a large pot- Bring to a boil; remove from heat and let stand, covered, 1 hour.
• Drain beans; return to pot- Cover with 3 quarts cold water.
• Add bay leaf and thyme; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium; simmer, partially covered, until beans are barely tender, about 2 hours.
• Add leeks, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, broth, and 2 cups water.
• Simmer, partially covered, until the beans are tender, about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Make pesto: Finely chop garlic in a food processor.
• Add basil; process.
• Add cheese and oil; process until combined.
• Add green beans and zucchini to pot.
• Cook, uncovered, 20 minutes.
• Add peas; cook until soft, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide among bowls; top each with 1 heaping teaspoon pesto.