Minestrone Soup Recipe
This Minestrone Soup will mesmerize any eater, be it fussy or easy. If you have plenty of Pork on hand then Minestrone Soup is the thing to make. This Minestrone Soup is so tasty that I cannot resist serving it as an Appetizer often. Whether you are an amateur cook or a professional chef, I recommend the Minestrone Soup for the sheer joy of cooking it.
Ingredients
50 g (2 oz) (4 tablespoons) pork fat
50 g (2 oz) (1/3 cup) diced bacon
25 g (1 oz) (1/8 cup) chopped onion white 1 leek, shredded
1.8 litres (3 pints) (7 1/2 cups) water
1 carrot, finely diced
1 turnip, finely diced
1 potato, finely diced
1 celery stalk, finely diced
50 g (2 oz) (3/4cup) shredded cabbage
2 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and chopped
50 g (2 oz) diced French beans
50 g (2 oz) (1/2 cup) fresh peas
50 g (2 oz) rice or vermicelli
1 clove garlic, peeled
25 g (1 oz) (2 tablespoons) ham fat
pinch basil or marjoram
2 g (1 teaspoon) chopped parsley
Directions
1 Melt the pork fat in a large pan, add the diced bacon, chopped onion and shredded leek and cook gently for 5 minutes.
2 Add the water and bring to the boil. Add the carrot, turnip, potato, celery, cabbage and tomatoes. Cook for a further 25 minutes.
3 Add the French beans, the peas, and the rice or vermicelli and simmer gently for a further 45 minutes, skimming carefully from time to time.
4 Pound the garlic with the ham fat, the basil or marjoram, and the chopped parsley. Add this mixture to the soup, boil for 5 minutes and serve.
Tip: For extra flavour, a pinch of saffron powder can be added with the bacon and chopped onion.
2 Add the water and bring to the boil. Add the carrot, turnip, potato, celery, cabbage and tomatoes. Cook for a further 25 minutes.
3 Add the French beans, the peas, and the rice or vermicelli and simmer gently for a further 45 minutes, skimming carefully from time to time.
4 Pound the garlic with the ham fat, the basil or marjoram, and the chopped parsley. Add this mixture to the soup, boil for 5 minutes and serve.
Tip: For extra flavour, a pinch of saffron powder can be added with the bacon and chopped onion.
