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Spring minestrone soup
A flavoursome soup that makes the most of spaghetti and vegetables
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Ready in 35 minutes
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Cooking time 25 minutes
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Prep time 10 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 spring onions, washed, trimmed and chopped
- 2 celery sticks, chopped
- 2 large cloves garlic, crushed
- 200 g baby potatoes, finely diced
- 400 g cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs
- 1 litre hot vegetable stock
- 50 g spaghetti
- 410 g can cannellini beans in water, drained and rinsed
- 31 g pack basil leaves
- Parmesan cheese, to serve (optional)
Method
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1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the spring onions and celery for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the potatoes, tomatoes, herbs and stock. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
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2
Meanwhile, take the spaghetti and lay over a tea towel. Roll the tea towel up. Hold the pasta at both ends at the edge of the work surface. Pull the tea towel over the edge in a really quick movement. This will cleverly break the pasta into small even lengths.
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3
Stir the pasta into the soup with the beans, simmer for 5-8 minutes. Season with black pepper and stir in the basil leaves and then serve with some crusty bread and a few Parmesan shavings, if you like.
