My Mothers Minestra 🇮🇹

Having badgered my mother for the past year for the recipe of her wonderful minestrone “Minestra” soup that she makes for me (normally if I’m poorly)...she finally succommed and wrote it out for me.

Bless her. Love ya mum!

Anyway…I am literally copying “her instructions” on how to make, she’s Italian if you haven’t guessed!

Let me know if you attempt!

Enjoy 😋 Francesca x

Minestrone (veggie)

1 onion

1 chilly chopped

2 cloves of garlic

chopped Carrots Potatoes Sweet potatoes

Celery

Spring cabbage or other Frozen peas

Tinned chopped tomatoes

Tinned best cannellini beans

Tinned best chick peas

A handful of parsley

A few French beans chopped

2 stock cubes

Salt/pepper

Put chopped onion,chilly and garlic in a large pan with some good olive oil and let it gently fry

Add chopped potatoes and Sweet potatoes

Gradually add all the other chopped vegetables

Add Tinned tomatoes, beans and chickpeas

Add stock to almost cover veggies

Add parsley and Season with salt and pepper.

Simmer for at least 1 hour stirring from time to time.

Everything should be cooked through.

Serve with parmesan and some nice sourdough bread

For non vegetarians Fry two small packs of smoked pancetta With the onions etc.