Minestrone

Serves 6-8
Preparation time overnight
Cooking time over 2 hours

125g/4oz dried haricot beans
2 carrots, chopped
2 small potatoes, chopped
a small turnip, chopped
2 onions, sliced
a piece of celery, chopped
4 tomatoes, chopped
half a small cabbage, cut in strips
2 rashers of bacon, chopped roughly
2 garlic cloves
herbs
seasoning
olive oil
a small glassful of red wine
55g/2oz broken-up macaroni or spaghetti, or pastine, or any of the pasta made in small
shapes, such as little stars, little shells, etc.

Put the haricot beans to soak overnight. Next day prepare all the vegetables, and melt
the sliced onion into the oil, adding two cloves of garlic, the bacon cut into pieces,
and plenty of herbs, marjoram, thyme, basil, or whatever may be available; add the
chopped tomatoes, or 15g/1 Tbsp concentrated tomato puree; pour in the red wine, let it
bubble a minute or two, then add the drained haricot beans; cover them with 1.8L/3pt hot
water and let them boil steadily for 2 hours.
Now put in the carrots and about 15 minutes later the turnip and potatoes.
Ten minutes before serving, add the celery, the cabbage cut into strips, and the pasta.
See that the soup is properly seasoned, stir in 30g/2 Tbsp grated parmesan, and serve
more parmesan separately.

Regards
John H
YM: ferrengi_klingon_trek
http://uk.360.yahoo.com/advert_man_2006


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