Perfect Minestrone Soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 8
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- 1 onion
- 1 leek
- 1 stick of celery
- 1 carrot
- Savoy cabbage (a quarter)
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 300 g cubed gammon/ham hock
- 2 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1.5 litres vegetable stock
- 75g spaghetti
- Handful of chopped fresh Basil
- 25ml olive oil
- Grated Parmesan cheese to serve
Method
step 1
Dice the onion, carrot, celery and leek and fry lightly in olive oil for 5 minutes, then add the crushed garlic cloves. Continue to cook on a low heat for 3 minutes.step 2
Add the diced gammon/ham, tinned tomatoes, shredded Savoy cabbage.step 3
Add 1.5 litres of vegetable stock.step 4
Break the spaghetti into pieces approximately 3cm long and add to the pot.step 5
Simmer for approximately one hour.step 6
Five minutes before serving, add one handful of torn fresh Basil.step 7
Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.
