Minestrone is a soup of Italian origin prepared with vegetables, rich in vitamins and mineral salts important for the health of the body. The beans give a high intake of proteins and the pesto, made with basil and garlic, makes this dish a special recipe with the taste that recalls the soups of the grandma.
Ingredients for 4 persons
200 gr of short pasta or rice, wholegrain
100 gr of dried beans
1 onion
1 shallot
1 carrot
1 celery
1 leek
2 potatoes
1 small white turnip
1 zucchini
1 ripe tomato
3 leaves of savoy cabbage
Some leaves of basil
½ clove of garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
pepper
Soak the beans for a whole night. Cut into slices the onion, the shallot and half a leek, cut into pieces the carrot, the celery, the zucchini, the peeled potatoes, peeled turnip, the tomato and the savoy cabbage. Pour in a pot two liters of water, oil, the beans and all the vegetables and cook for at least one hour. Crush the biggest pieces of vegetables with a spoon, add salt. Add now pasta or rice and cook in accordance with the timing reported on the pack. place the basil leaves and garlic into the bowl of a food processor and pulse a several times, add the pesto to the soup and mix well.
