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Anna Gare

Minestrone Verde


Minestrone Verde

Anna Gare cooks up this healthy soup for AFL legend David Wirrpanda ...

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 leek finely sliced
  • 5 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 120g pancetta, chopped
  • 2 zucchinis, roughly diced
  • 200g stringless green beans, sliced
  • 1 bulb baby fennel, thinly sliced (can use celery instead) about 1 cup
  • 2 litres good quality vegetable or chicken stock
  • 100g thin spaghetti, broken up
  • 1 can butter beans, drained and rinsed
  • ¼ head of broccoli chopped, about 1 cup
  • 1 cup spinach leaves, roughly torn

To serve

  • Parmesan
  • Basil (optional)

Method

  1. Heat oil in a big pot. Sauté leek, garlic, pancetta, zucchini and fennel for about 5 minutes- until soft.
  2. Add stock, butter beans and spaghetti, bring to boil, reduce heat a little and cook until pasta is almost cooked through.
  3. In the last 5 mins of cooking, add green beans and broccoli. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add spinach leaves just before serving.
  5. Serve in bowls with parmesan and fresh basil.
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