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Summary

Prep Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr
Course Soup
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 10)

Ingredients

Ela`s Minestrone
Ela`s Minestrone
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Instructions

  1. Place a small saucepan with 2.5 liters of water and bring to a boil.
  2. Put one tomato in the boiling water for about 30 seconds and then peel off the skin.
  3. Then halve the tomatoes and core the chambers that you can see, now cut the rest into cubes (approx. 1 cm).
  4. Peel the carrots (throw the skins into the boiling water) and cut into approx. 1 cm thick slices.
  5. Cut off the ends of the zucchini (toss into the boiling water), quarter the zucchini and cut into approx. 1.5 cm thick slices.
  6. Cut the leek into approx. 2 cm thick slices, add any leeks that are not required to the boiling water.
  7. Peel the potatoes and cut them into approx. 1.5 cm cubes.
  8. Cut the onions and the garlic into very, very fine cubes (the leftovers in the boiling water)
  9. Chop the basil into small pieces.
  10. Pour off the leftovers from the boiling water and season the 2 ½ liters to a vegetable broth.
  11. Heat some olive oil in a large saucepan on medium heat.
  12. Sweat the potatoes and carrots in them for about 5 minutes, then add the onions with the garlic and sweat for another 2 minutes.
  13. Now add the tomato paste and basil, add a little salt and pepper and continue to sweat for another 2 minutes.
  14. Now add the balsamic vinegar, stir briefly and pour the vegetable stock over it.
  15. Now bring the minestrone to the boil as soon as it boils, turn back to level 7 (on 10 levels on the stove) and add the pasta and zucchini.
  16. 3 minutes before the pasta is done, add the tomatoes.
  17. Now season the minestrone with salt, pepper, possibly a little more tomato paste and nutmeg.