Rose Cottage Recipe

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Minestrone Soup

⏱️ Total Time: 40 min
👥 Serves: loads
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Method

  1. Finely chop the onion, squash, celery, garlic and carrots.
  2. In a large pan, sauté the onion, garlic and celery in the olive oil for a few minutes, then add the chopped carrots and squash.
  3. Add the water and tomatoes, then crumble in the stock cubes. Bring to the boil, stirring gently
  4. Add the tomato purée, paprika, oregano and pepper, then season with some salt and cook for 15 minutes
  5. Shred the cabbage and chop the courgette finely, then add to the pan and cook for a further 8 minutes
  6. Slice the spinach leaves roughly and add to the pan along with the beans and pasta
  7. Cook for another 5 or 6 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked then serve.

Ingredients

  • 1 Large Onion
  • ½ Butternut Squash
  • 2 Large Carrots
  • ½ Savoy Cabbage
  • 2 Celery Sticks
  • 1 Large Courgette
  • 1 Garlic Clove
  • 80g Spinach Leave
  • 400g tin Chopped Tomatoes
  • 100g dried spaghetti, broken into short lengths
  • 400g tin Mixed Beans, drained
  • 2 Vegetable Stock Cubes
  • l50g Tomato Purée
  • 2 tsp Dried Oregano
  • 2 tsp Paprika
  • ½ tsp Ground Black Peppe
  • Sea Salt
  • 1 litre Boiling Water
  • 50ml Olive Oil