Minestrone soup
Preparation: 25 min cooking: 20 min
150g pasta (e.g. mini bow tie)
100g parmesan
75g pancetta
1 courgette
1 potato
1 celery stick
1 onion
Wash the vegetables.
Peel the courgette, potato, celery (if necessary), onion and garlic. Remove the
tomato stalks.
cut the courgette into 3 sections and halve the potato and onion lengthways. Cut
the tomato into pieces and deseed.
Slot the disc support and the disc onto the shaft and place the large pusher inside
the feedtube.
Switch on. Feed the vegetables in, one at a time.
Dice the vegetables, pressing down on the pusher with both hands.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan.
Add all the vegetables and fry for a few minutes.
Pour the water over the vegetables and add the stock cube.
Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes over a low heat.
Snip the basil and set aside. Fry the pancetta until crispy and set aside.
Add the pasta before the end of the cooking time and cook for the time indicated
on the packet.
Season and add the basil and pancetta.
Serve immediately with grated parmesan.
As it cools, pasta absorbs water. For this reason, if you are intending to prepare
the soup in advance, precook the vegetables in the stock for 10 min. Then,
just before serving, reheat the vegetables, add the pasta and cook for the time
indicated on the packet.
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Main dishes
1 garlic clove
1 chicken stock cube
¼ bunch of fresh basil
1 l water
2 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper