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Minestrone Recipes
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Ingredients : |
45g dried
haricot beans
45g dried
kidney beans
2 tbsp
water
2 onions,
chopped
2 cloves
garlic, crushed
2.5 liters
water
2
potatoes, chopped
3 carrots,
chopped
4
tomatoes, chopped
2 sticks
of celery, chopped
3
courgettes, chopped
60g green
beans, sliced
60g
wholemeal macaroni
30g
parsley, chopped |
Method :
- Place haricot and kidney beans in
a bowl and cover with cold water.
- Leave to soak overnight.
- In a saucepan, heat 2 tbsp of
water and sauté the onion and garlic.
- Add water and soaked beans to the
saucepan.
- Bring to the boil and rapidly for
10 minutes.
- Reduce heat, cover pan and simmer
gently for 2 hours.
- Add all the vegetables.
- Bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer
gently for another hour.
- Stir occasionally.
- Add macaroni and bring soup to the
boil 10-15 minutes before serving.
- Stir in parsley and serve the soup
piping hot.
Tip - This classic and very nutritious
soup looks after itself with a good long simmering period - leaving you
free to get on with other things.
Serves 4 - 6
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