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Minestrone

Whatever the week left behind, in broth, with pasta.

Minestrone
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Whatever the week left

50 minutes · serves 6 · Very easy

What you need

  • 1 onion, 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tin cannellini beans
  • 1.5L stock
  • 100g small pasta
  • Green beans
  • Olive oil
  • Basil

What you do

  1. 1Soften the onion, carrot and celery in oil for 15 minutes. This base is most of the flavour and it cannot be hurried.
  2. 2Garlic, then tomatoes, cooked 5 minutes.
  3. 3Stock and beans in, simmered 20 minutes.
  4. 4Courgette, green beans and pasta for the last 10 — any earlier and the pasta turns to paste.
  5. 5Olive oil and torn basil in every bowl.

Store cupboard

30 minutes · serves 4 · Very easy

What you need

  • 1 onion
  • 1 tin tomatoes
  • 1 tin mixed beans
  • Stock
  • 80g pasta
  • Frozen vegetables
  • Olive oil

What you do

  1. 1Soften the onion, add tomatoes and stock.
  2. 2Beans in, 10 minutes.
  3. 3Pasta and frozen vegetables for the last 10.