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Minestrone Soup with Breadsticks

Kanchan Dilip
Hearty minestrone soup made with veggies, beans, and pasta and served with homemade breadsticks
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Soups and Stews
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6
Calories 166 kcal

Equipment

  • Stovetop, oven

Ingredients
 
 

For the Minestrone Soup:

  • 6 baby carrots cubed
  • 8 asparagus chopped
  • 1 zucchini chopped with skin
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 4 tomatoes chopped
  • 2 peppers cubed
  • 1 beetroot chopped
  • ½ cup red bean
  • ½ cup black bean
  • ½ cup white bean
  • ¾ cup pasta elbow
  • 1 sprig thyme chopped
  • 3 sprigs parsley chopped
  • ⅓ tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • ⅓ tbsp black pepper powder
  • 4 leaves collard greens chopped
  • 1 cup kale chopped
  • 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin

For the Breadsticks:

  • ¼ ounce dried yeast
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 4¼ cups bread flour
  • ½ tsp salt

Instructions
 

How to make the Minestrone Soup:

  • Soak the beans overnight and pressure cook them with enough water to submerge them.
  • Remove the skin of the tomatoes by blanching them in hot water for 30 seconds or peel them.
  • In a Dutch oven, drizzle extra virgin olive oil, and add the minced garlic, stir for 10 seconds.
  • Next, add the onions and sauté for a minute.
  • Add the tomatoes, sauté for 2 minutes.
  • Mix in the vegetables, greens, beans, and pasta.
  • Add the dried oregano, fresh thyme, salt, pepper, and cook with the lid for 25 minutes.
  • Garnish with parsley and some parmesan cheese (optional). Serve hot.

How to make the Breadsticks:

  • In a bowl, use ¼ cup of tepid water and stir in the yeast and keep aside for five minutes.
  • Mix the flour, sugar, butter, salt, and 1 ¼- 1 ½ cups of warm water and knead to form a dough.
  • Knead the dough on a floured rolling board for 5 minutes.
  • Pinch and shape them into breadsticks, and place them on lined baking sheets to prove for 45 minutes to an hour. Brush the breadsticks with olive oil.
  • Bake at 4000F for 15 minutes or until golden.
  • Brush them again with extra virgin olive oil and kosher salt.

Notes

  1. You can substitute all-purpose flour for bread flour in this recipe.
  2. You can use orecchiette pasta instead of the elbow or any small pasta.

Nutrition

Calories: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 8gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1358mgPotassium: 861mgFiber: 7gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 4074IUVitamin C: 72mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 3mg
Keyword homemade soup, minestrone soup, veggie soup with beans
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