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Classic Italian Minestrone Soup

yield: 8 total time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup olive oil plus ½ stick, 4 oz. high quality butter, which Northern Italians cook with alongside olive oil for a more rich, deep…
  • 5 cloves garlic 4 -,large, minced
  • 1 onion preferably sweet, such as Vidialia, diced
  • 8 ounces diced pancetta 4 -, If vegetarian, do not include [pancetta
  • 3 carrots cleaned and diced/sliced pancetta
  • 2 stalks celery plus its flavor-filled leaves, cleaned and diced/sliced
  • 1 cup fresh green beans cut up into ½" pieces
  • 14 1/2 ounces diced tomatoes 2 cans, imported Italian, San Marzano's, OR better yet, use the same amount of garden-fresh, home-grown t…
  • 2 idaho potatoes cut into chunks about ¼" thick
  • 1 zucchini diced with skin left on
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach or swiss chard, chopped
  • 1 cup cabbage fresh, chopped
  • 1 can cannellini beans drained and rinsed well
  • 1 can red kidney beans dark, drained and rinsed well
  • 1 can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed well
  • 6 cups water 4 -, or homemade vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 bunch Italian parsley stems removed and chopped, makes about 1 cup
  • 1 chunk Parmesan big, rind
  • 1 tablespoon sage freshly-diced
  • salt freshly cracked
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 cup pasta tubular, ditalini
  • 1 teaspoon italian seasoning dried, optional
  • freshly grated Parmesan for serving

Nutrition

  • Calories : 470 calories
  • Carbohydrate : 61 grams
  • Cholesterol : 15 milligrams
  • Fat : 18 grams
  • Fiber : 8 grams
  • Protein : 23 grams
  • SaturatedFat : 3 grams
  • Sodium : 700 milligrams
  • Sugar : 6 grams
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