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Showing posts with label italian soup. Show all posts

MINESTRONE SOUP

Ingredients:


  • 1 lb. ground chuck
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1 tsp. oregano
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 1/2 sm. onion, diced (optional)
  • 1 lg. can tomatoes
  • 1 can beef broth
  • 1 can chicken broth
  • 2 cans water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 pkg. frozen beans
  • 1 pkg. frozen peas
  • Broken up spaghetti

Instructions:

Brown ground chuck and add next 10 ingredients, cover and simmer for 2 hours. Add kidney beans, frozen beans, peas and simmer 45 minutes. Add broken spaghetti for the last 20 minutes.


MINESTRONE

Ingredients:


  • 1 lb. shin beef with bone
  • 5 qt. water, cold
  • 3 tbsp. salt
  • 1 c. dried red kidney beans
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 cloves, garlic
  • 1 minced med. onion
  • 1/2 c. snipped parsley
  • 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 c. diced celery
  • 2 c. finely shredded cabbage
  • 1 1/2 c. diced carrots
  • 1 #2 1/2 can tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 c. broken spagetti
  • 1 c. thinly sliced zucchini

Instructions:

Day before: In large kettle, place shin beef with bone, salt, beans. Bring to a boil; skim. Cover, simmer 3 hours. In oil, saute garlic, onion parsley, ground beef and pepper until onion is tender; discard garlic. Remove bone from soup; cut off meat. Add meat to soup, along with onion mixture, celery, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes. Simmer covered 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Refrigerate. About 30 minutes before serving: skim fat from soup. Bring soup to a boil, add spaghetti, zucchini. Cook covered about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Top soup with cheese. Serves 8. Croddy


MINESTRONE

MINESTRONE

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. finely minced celery
  • 1 c. finely minced onion
  • 1 c. finely minced carrot
  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 1/2 c. garbanzo beans
  • 1/2 c. kidney beans
  • 1/2 c. whole dried peas
  • 1/2 c. white pea beans
  • 3/4 c. sliced carrots
  • 3/4 c. coarsely chopped onion
  • 3/4 c. sliced celery
  • 3/4 c. chopped bell pepper
  • 1/2 c. rice or barley
  • 1 c. shell macaroni
  • 2 tbsp. minced parsley
  • 1 tsp. oregano
  • 1 tsp. basil
  • 2 tsp. soy sauce
  • Pepper to taste
  • Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

Slowly saute finely minced onion, celery and carrot in butter until very brown. Add peas and beans and about 3 quarts

of water. Cook slowly until beans are almost done (check garbanzos - they will take the longest) about 2 to 2 1/2

hours. Add the remaining vegetables, rice and spices and more water if necessary and cook another hour. About 20

minutes before serving time add the macaroni and more water if needed. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with

Parmesan cheese. Serve with crusty garlic bread.