Minestrone Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped finely
• 2 tablespoons basil leaves, stems chopped finely
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 3 carrots, peeled and diced
• 3 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 large zucchini, sliced
• 200 g green beans, diced
• 400 g diced tomatoes
• 1 liter beef stock
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt and pepper
• 1 sprig rosemary
• shell pasta, small
• 400 g cannellini beans

Recipe

• 1 place vegetables in a pan with the olive oil. let them sweat for about 15 minutes without going brown and covered.
• 2 add tomatoes, beef stock, as little or as much as you like depending on the desired thickness of the soup, and the sugar, salt and pepper.
• 3 bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hour.
• 4 add pasta and cannelini beans and simmer for 20 mins more.