Minestrone soup with courgettes
- ⏱ 45 minutes
- Easy
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A vegetable and bacon minestrone soup with macaroni, courgettes, peas, basil, and Parmesan.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Dice the onion
Cut the onion into 1cm dice
Cut the celery into 1cm dice
Slice the courgettes
2Dice the leek
3Plate and serve
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Minestrone soup wit...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Dice the onion
2Dice the leek
Cut the leek into 1cm dice
Slice the garlic cloves
Cut the bacon into 1cm dice
3Plate and serve
+ 8 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 85 g macaroni pasta
- 1 onion (cut into 1cm dice)
- 1/2 leek (cut into 1cm dice)
- 1 stick celery (cut into 1cm dice)
- 2 garlic cloves (sliced)
- 125 g bacon (cut into 1cm dice)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 300 ml passata
- 1000 ml chicken stock
- 2 courgettes (sliced)
- 40 g peas
- 20 g Parmesan
- 8 basil leaves
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Dice the onion COOK 2
- Cut the onion into 1cm dice
- Cut the celery into 1cm dice
- Slice the courgettes
2. Dice the leek COOK 1
- Cut the leek into 1cm dice
- Slice the garlic cloves
- Cut the bacon into 1cm dice
3. Soften the vegetables COOK 1
- In a large saucepan, place it over a medium heat and add the olive oil
- Once hot, add the onion, leek and celery and sauté until soft
- Add the garlic, bacon, bay leaf and thyme, Again, cook until soft
- In the large saucepan, add the tomato purée, stir and cook for a further 2 minutes
- Pour in the passata and chicken stock and bring to the boil
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the tomato purée.
4. Cook the macaroni COOK 1
- In the large saucepan, add the macaroni, reduce the heat and simmer for approximately 15 minutes, or until the pasta is nearly cooked
5. Cook the vegetables COOK 1
- In the large saucepan, add the courgettes and peas to the pasta and continue cooking for a further 5 minutes, or until the macaroni and vegetables are cooked to your liking
- Season with sea salt and black pepper
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the courgettes.
6. Plate and serve BOTH
- Ladle the soup into bowls and top with some basil leaves and shavings of Parmesan
- Serve with crusty bread
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