Minestrone

Ingredients

• potatoes | 3
• carrots | 2
• onion | 1
• celery stick | 1
• zucchini | 2
• white beans | 1 can
• tomatoes | 2
• leek | 1
• time | 1 bunch
• bay leaves | 1
• garlic | 4 cloves

Steps

Cook the beans. If they have been soaked over night, they will cook faster.
Keep the boiling water.

Boil the tomatoes for 1 minute, then peel them.

Dice the onions, carrots and celery in order to make a soffritto. 
Cook it for 10 minutes, until tender.
Coarsly chop the garlic and add it to the pot.
Add the bay leaves and the thyme as well.
Add 70cl of water and bring it to a boil.

Dice the leek and add it to the pot when the water is boiling.
Cook for 5 minutes then add the tomatoes, the zucchini and the potatoes.
Cook for 15 minutes, taste and adjust the salt.

Add the beans and 20cl of their cooking water or water.
Cook for 5 minutes. If the soup is too thick, add more water.

Notes

• add spinash leaves at the end of the cooking time.
• serve with olive oil and grated parmesan.
• if adding pasta, add at the end and cook for the time indicated on the package. Might need to add more water to the soup.
• fall version would have kale and pumpkin instead of zucchini and potatoes. Tomatoes can be replaced bya can of tomato sauce. Tyme can be replaced by rosemary and sauge. Wash and steam the kale and add it right after the soffritto step with the tomato sauce.
• winter version would have cabbage and potatoes. Cook the cabbage in salted boiling water. Add it tthe end.