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Healthy Minestrone Soup

Cooking Time
1.5 hours Minutes
Ingredients
16
Portions
4-6

Ingredients

16 Total
  • 200 g Country Range Bacon (rind removed)
  • 1 oz Country Range Vegetable Bouillion
  • 400 g Country Range Five Bean Salad (drained)
  • 2 tbsp Country Range Tomato Paste
  • 400 g Country Range Chopped Tomatoes
  • 1 handful Country Range Short Spaghetti
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 6 storks celery, roughly chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 onions, roughly chopped
  • 2 medium potatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 2 pints water
  • 1 handful flat leaf parsley
  • 100 g parmesan, grated
  • 1 tsp Country Range Olive-Pomace Oil

Method

  • 1

    Step 1

    Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Roughly chop the bacon and add to the pan.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Add the celery, garlic and onions and fry for 4-5 minutes until softened.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Stir in the tomato paste and cook for a further minute.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Mix the vegetable bouillon and water together to create a stock.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Add the chopped tomatoes, bouquet garni and stock and gently simmer for 25 minutes.
  • 7

    Step 7

    And the beans and short spaghetti, reduce the heat, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes.
  • 8

    Step 8

    Remove and discard the bouquet garni.
  • 9

    Step 9

    Ladle in to soup bowls and serve with freshly baked Country Range Petit Pain.

Ingredients

16 Total
  • 200 g Country Range Bacon (rind removed)
  • 1 oz Country Range Vegetable Bouillion
  • 400 g Country Range Five Bean Salad (drained)
  • 2 tbsp Country Range Tomato Paste
  • 400 g Country Range Chopped Tomatoes
  • 1 handful Country Range Short Spaghetti
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 6 storks celery, roughly chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 onions, roughly chopped
  • 2 medium potatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 2 pints water
  • 1 handful flat leaf parsley
  • 100 g parmesan, grated
  • 1 tsp Country Range Olive-Pomace Oil

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