Minestrone genovese (vegetable soup with pest
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 c Dried white kidney beans -- soaked
- 8 c Water
- 2 lg Potatoes diced
- 1/2 lb Butternut squash peeled & -- diced
- 3 lg Zucchini chopped finely
- 1 ea Tomato peeled seeded & -- chopped
- 1/3 lb Mushrooms sliced
- 1 ea Carrot finely chopped
- 2 ea Celery ribs finely chopped
- 1 lg Garlic clove minced
- 1 ea Yellow onion finely sliced
- 1/3 c Olive oil
- 1 1/2 ts Coarse sea salt
- 1/2 lb Tubular pasta
- 2 tb Pesto
Instructions:
see recipe Olive oil Drain the beans & combine with the water in a Dutch oven. Bring to a boil & cok at a high heat for 10 minutes. Reduce heat & simmer covered for another 5 minutes. Add the potatoes squash zucchini tomato & mushrooms & cook over medium heat stirring from time to time. After about 15 minutes add the carrot celery garlic & onion. Simmer for another 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Add the olive oil & salt. Continue simemring pressing the beans & potatoes against the side of the pot to make the soup dense. After another 15 minutes cooking add the pasta & simmer for 9 or 10 minutes until it is al dente. Just as the heat is turned off stir in the pesto. Let the soup cool until it is tepid & serve it with drizzles of olive oil on top.
