Minestrone soup
Classi Italian with all the deliciousness that comes with it. Ana amazing combination of flavours with the addition of pasta and delicious parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 rashers bacon finely chopped
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 2 carrots diced small
- 2 sticks of celery diced small
- 2 Tbsp tomato paste
- ½ cup white wine
- 1 sweet potato diced (approx. 1 x 1 cm)
- 400 grams can, chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup canellini beans cooked
- 6 cups chicken broth (or 2 stock cubes in water)
- 1 ½ cups of conchigliette pasta
- 1 tsp fresh thyme
- Salt and pepper
- ¼ tsp chilli powder optional
- 100 grams spinach leaves about ½ bunch
- 2 Tbsp of basil pesto
- 1 Tbsp Parmesan slices for serving
Instructions
- Sauté the bacon in olive oil until it starts to brown a little. Add the onion, garlic, carrots and celery. Season with salt and sauté until the vegetables lose their volume and start to brown a little. Add the tomato paste and stir. Pour in the wine and bring everything to a boil.
- Add the sweet potato, chopped tomatoes, beans, stock and thyme. Simmer until the sweet potato is cooked. Add the shells and simmer for another 5-6 minutes until the pasta is cooked al dente.
- Season with salt, pepper and chilli. Add the spinach leaves and stir.
- Serve the soup hot garnished with basil pesto and slices of parmesan cheese.