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Minestrone Recipe

Recipe

Total time: more than 2 hours

Prep. time: 30 minutes
Soaking time: 1 hour for the beans
Cooking time: 4 hours

Difficulty: Easy

Chef's Note

This wonderful soup, hearty enough to be a meal in itself, is now known far beyond the Italian border. Try this authentic, purely Italian recipe.

Ingredients

- 1 leek, halved and sliced

- 500 ml (2 cups) canned diced Tomatoes

- 3 carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds

- 1 onion, sliced in half rounds

- 1 stalk of celery, sliced

- 2 potatoes, diced

- 2 zucchini, diced

- 125 g (4 oz.) dried or fresh beans

- 250 g (9 oz.) peas

- 1 clove of garlic

- 4 tbsp. butter

- A small piece of salt pork, diced

- 4 liters (1 gallon) chicken stock

- Salt and pepper

- 2 tbsp. fresh parsley

- 2 tbsp. basil

- 125 ml (1/2 cup) rice

- 125 ml (1/2 cup) Parmesan (for garnish)

Method

Prepare the dried beans as follows: bring 2 liters (8 cups) of water to a boil in a large saucepan; add the beans and bring the water back to a boil; remove from the heat and let soak in the saucepan for at least one hour; return the saucepan to the heat and simmer the beans, uncovered, for 1 1/2 hours;
in a large soup pot, melt the butter; add the cubed pork and fresh vegetables (except the tomatoes) and cook for a few minutes until lightly colored;
add the seasonings, white beans, chicken stock and tomatoes; simmer for two hours;
add the rice and cook 30 minutes longer; correct the seasoning; serve hot, sprinkling each bowl with a little grated parmesan.

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