Jo Pratt's Smoked Bacon Minestrone

Name: Jo Pratt's Smoked Bacon Minestrone
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion. finely chopped; 200g smoked bacon. cut into thin strips; 2 cloves of garlic. crushed; 2 carrots. peeled and finely diced; 2 stalks of celery. thinly sliced; 1 courgette. finely diced; ¼ of a savoy cabbage. finely sliced

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Serves: 6

Italian Soup

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion. finely chopped
200g smoked bacon. cut into thin strips
2 cloves of garlic. crushed
2 carrots. peeled and finely diced
2 stalks of celery. thinly sliced
1 courgette. finely diced
¼ of a savoy cabbage. finely sliced

Accompaniment

Method

1
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and add the chopped onion, strips of bacon, crushed garlic, diced carrot and thinly sliced celery. Cook gently for about 15 minutes, until all the vegetables are softened but not coloured.

Add the diced courgette, sliced cabbage, tinned beans, chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, chicken stock and bring to simmering point. Cook for 15 minutes and then season with salt and pepper.

Serve in individual bowls and finish by putting a spoonful of green pesto in the centre of each one before shaving over some Parmesan cheese. Serve straight away.