Minestrone Soup

Added on Tue Oct 16 2007

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The Basics

• Dish: Soups
• cuisine: Austrian
• Serves: 8 - 10
• Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 2hrs 0 mins

Ingredients

• 2 onions
• 3 carrots
• 3 sticks celery
• 8 0zs potatoes
• 2 zuccini
• 3 ozs green beans
• 8 oz cabbage
• ½ cup oil
• 1 ½ oz butter
• 5 cups water
• 3 beef/chicken/veg stock cubes
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 2 x cans butter beans in tomato sauce
• ¼ cup tomato sauce
•  salt
•  pepper

Method

peel and finely chop onions. Set aside. Peel and chop carrots, string and chop celery. Peel and dice potatoes. Dice zuccini. Top and tail beans, chop into small pieces. Shred cabbage. Heat oil and butter in large pan add onions, cook over medium heat until onions are pale golden brown. Add carrots, cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occassionally. Repeat this proceedure with the potatoes, then the celery, zuccini, beans, and cabbage. Stir in water, crumbled stock cubes, and undrained mashed tomatoes. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 2 hours or until soup is thick. During the last 15 minutes of cooking stir in butter beans and tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper, if desired, grated parmesan cheese can be strirred into the soup before serving or served seperately with the soup.