Pistou Soup (french Food At Home)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup green beans, cut into 1/2-inch/1 cm pieces
• 1 potato, peeled and diced
• 1 cup carrot, diced
• salt and pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1 cup kidney beans, cooked
• 1 cup zucchini, diced small
• 2 medium tomatoes, seeded, and diced
• pesto sauce, for garnish
• parmesan cheese, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a sauté pan and gently cook the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• 2 add the green beans, potato and carrot dice. pour over 4 cups/1-litre vegetable water or stock. season with salt and pepper, add the bay leaf and the thyme. bring to a boil, and simmer 10 minutes.
• 3 add the kidney beans and the zucchini and continue cooking until all the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes longer.
• 4 stir through the tomato.
• 5 ladle the soup into bowls.
• 6 (remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs).
• 7 add a spoonful of pesto to each bowl, and grate over parmesan cheese.