Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mighty minestrone. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mighty Minestrone is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Mighty Minestrone is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mighty minestrone using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mighty Minestrone:

1. Make ready 1 onion, diced
2. Get 1 carrot, diced
3. Prepare 1 stick celery, diced
4. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, crushed/finely chopped
5. Make ready 1 courgette, diced
6. Make ready 2 small pots, diced
7. Prepare 2 heaped tbsp tomato puree
8. Make ready 1 L veg stock (I use Kallo)
9. Make ready 2 bay leaves
10. Take 1 can borlotti beans, drained and rinsed
11. Get 1 handful shredded cavolo nero
12. Take 2 handfuls small pasta or broken up spaghetti
13. Make ready Parmesan rinds or vegetarian alternative
14. Take Extra virgin or rapeseed oil
15. Make ready Salt and pepper
16. Get (Optional) 1 tsp of green pesto

Steps to make Mighty Minestrone:

1. Add a lug of oil into a large pan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and soften for 5-6 minutes until translucent. Add the garlic and soften for 2 more minutes.
2. Add the tomato puree to the pan, stir and cook out for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil then add the courgette, borlotti beans, pasta, Parmesan rinds (or veggi alternative if using), bay leaves and seasoning.
3. Simmer for around 15 mins until the potatoes and pasta are cooked. A couple of minutes from the end, add the cavolo nero and add a drop more water if you need to make it more ‘soupy’.
4. Pull out the rinds and bay leaves. Serve with grated Parmesan and teaspoon of pesto on top of each bowl, if using.
5. Don’t have borlotti beans? Use pinto or cannellini beans - -No Parmesan rinds? Don’t let it stop you, just save them in a bag in the fridge or freezer for next time….they keep for ages! - -No cavolo nero? Use kale as an alternative or spinach - -Feel free to add and interchange vegetables that you have or that need using up.

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