Easiest Way to Make Favorite Not-exactly Minestrone Soup

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, not-exactly minestrone soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Not-exactly Minestrone Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Not-exactly Minestrone Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook not-exactly minestrone soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Not-exactly Minestrone Soup:

1. Make ready 1 tbsp Oil
2. Get 1 onion, chopped
3. Get 4 cloves garlic, chopped
4. Make ready 2 tbsp tomato purée
5. Get 1 leek, sliced
6. Make ready 3 carrots, diced
7. Get 1 pepper, deseeded and diced
8. Prepare 100 g chestnut mushrooms, chopped
9. Get A few cherry tomatoes, halved
10. Prepare 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
11. Prepare 2 litres vegetable stock. “Marigold” or stock cubes fine
12. Get Handful dried pasta. I’ve used Trofie but otherwise break large types of pasta into pieces
13. Prepare 400 g tin cannelloni beans, drained
14. Make ready 1/4 cabbage in strips. The core stalk has also been used, diced
15. Get 1 tsp each dried oregano and thyme
16. Take 1/2 tsp dried basil
17. Take Grated Parmesan cheese

Steps to make Not-exactly Minestrone Soup:

1. Heat the oil in a stock pot or large saucepan. Gently fry the onion for 3 minutes, only stirring to avoid sticking.
2. Add the garlic and fry for a further minute. Then stir in the tomato purée, pepper, mushrooms and the leek and continue to fry gently for another 2 minutes.
3. Stir in the carrots and continue gently frying for 2 minutes or until all the vegetables are nicely softened but not browned. Add the cherry tomatoes and give it all another gentle stir.
4. Add the tinned tomatoes and the stock. Gently but throughly stir, add the oregano, thyme and basil, bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, put a lid on and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Add the beans and the pasta, stir and continue to cook until the pasta is cooked, around 8-12 minutes.
6. Stir in the cabbage and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Then season to taste and serve piping hot, with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

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