# Minestrone

A classic and customizable Italian vegetable soup, perfect for using fridge leftovers and enjoying multiple servings.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 smoked bacon rashers
- some olive oil
- some carrots
- 2 garlic cloves
- bay leaves
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 onions
- kale
- savoy cabbage
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 tin tinned tomatoes
- 1 tin water
- 1 tin butter beans
- 1 tin cannellini beans
- pasta
- some parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Place a pan on medium-high heat.
2. Chop bacon.
3. Add olive oil to the pan.
4. Sprinkle in the bacon.
5. Chop carrots, celery, and garlic.
6. When the bacon gets golden, add garlic and bay leaves.
7. Add the carrots, and stir.
8. Add the celery and onions and stir.
9. Add kale and chopped stalks.
10. Add the vegetable stock cube.
11. Add tinned tomatoes.
12. Add water.
13. Add the beans.
14. Add the Savoy cabbage.
15. Let it simmer with a lid on top.
16. Pour the pasta into a tea towel.
17. Give the pasta a good banging to dry it.
18. Add the pasta to the soup.
19. Simmer for the time it takes to cook the pasta.
20. Add parmesan cheese.

## Equipment

- big pan
- knife
- cutting board
- tea towel

## Tips

- This recipe is great for using vegetables you have in your fridge.
- Other vegetables like swede, turnip, white cabbage, and kale can be added
- You can use tinned mixed beans as well as swap out butter beans and cannellini beans with any bean you like
- You can also use cheddar cheese instead of parmesan cheese

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-06-02

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