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Minestrone d'inverno
Servings: 4by Luna's Recipes8 recipes>There is nothing better on a cold winters day than a nice, hot bowl of authentic minestrone. It's a very forgiving and versatile dish, you can adapt the vegetables to suit seasons, preferences, occasion or just simply what you have in the fridge. For the winter version of minestrone, I personally tend to just change the pulses and the green leafy vegetables. Ingredients
- basil
- 1onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced
- 5 celery stalks, slices
- 2 large carrots, roughly cubed
- 150g cubed pancetta, optional
- 2x 400g plum tomato tins
- 270g dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight and cooked
- 400g cavolo nero, or swiss chard, curly kale
- 1 organic chicken stock cube
- 100g spaghetti, snapped in small pieces
- grated parmesan cheese
- olive oil
Directions
- 1) In a heavy based pan, on a medium heat, add 3tbsps of olive oil and add the cubed pancetta. Fry the pancetta until crisp and golden and immediately add the onion, garlic, carrot and celery. Add a pinch of salt so the onions don't brown and cover with a lid and leave to cook for 25mins, on a low heat.
- 2) Add the plum tomatoes and season with salt and a generous amount of black pepper. Stir well and leave to cook for a further 10mins. Slice the stalks of the basil and add to the pan.
- 3) Pour in 700ml of boiling water and crumble in the stock cube. Check the seasoning again.
- 4) Slice the cavolo nero and add to the pan. Followed by the cannellini beans and stir well. Leave to cook on a medium low heat for 5mins.
- 5) Add the broken pieces of spaghetti and leave to cook for a further 10mins.
- 6) Grate over a little parmesan and add a generous amount of torn basil leaves.
- 7) Serve with a nice crusty bread and more parmesan to serve at the table.
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