Recipe: Minestrone
From Galit’s cookbook, translated from Hebrew. The quantity is a meal for 6-8 people. The original recipe used dried beans, but I’m lazy, but not so lazy that I use bought stock – made my own.
2 tablespoons oil
2 onions, chopped small
2 cloves garlic
· Sauté onion and garlic in oil
500g prepared small white beans
4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
¼ cup parsley
9 cups stock
¼ cup red wine
1 carrot, diced
2 potatoes, diced
1 stalk of celery, chopped
¼ cup tomato paste
· Add to onion mixture
· Cook for 20-30 minutes in closed pot
1 courgette, chopped
½ cup green beans
½ cup small dried pasta
¼ cup cheddar cheese, grated
· Just before you’re going to serve, add, and cook for another 10-15 minutes
Salt & pepper
· Season
Parmesan, sliced thinly (optional)
· Garnish