Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy minestrone soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Creamy Minestrone Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Creamy Minestrone Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
A hearty non-traditional creamy version of minestrone soup with lots of veggies - a family favorite, especially in the winter time, served with fresh buttered bread. This is a very good minestrone soup. It is a little unusual to add cream (I think) but it was very very good. I made it up to the puree step the night before.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy minestrone soup using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Minestrone Soup:
- Make ready 1 Tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped onion
- Make ready 1 clove minced garlic
- Get 2 1/2 cups beef broth
- Get 1-14 ounce can tomato sauce
- Take 1-14 ounce can kidney beans
- Get 1 cup water
- Get 2 diced carrots
- Get 1 stalk diced celery
- Get 2 small chopped potatoes
- Get 1 chopped zucchini
- Get 1/2 tsp basil
- Prepare 1/2 cup small shell shaped pasta
- Make ready 2 Tbsp flour
- Get 2 cups milk
- Get to taste Salt and pepper
- Prepare Grated parmesan cheese (optional)
- Get 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled (optional)
It's hearty, creamy and deliciously flavorful. Pancetta (optional) - since minestrone is a vegetable soup it's a perfect meal for lent. So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). This thick and hearty minestrone soup freezes wonderfully!
Steps to make Creamy Minestrone Soup:
- Saute onion and garlic in olive oil.
- Stir in beef broth, tomato sauce, kidney beans, water, carrots, celery, potatoes and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Add pasta and zucchini. Cover and simmer 10 minutes longer or until pasta is tender.
- Stir a small amount of milk into flour to make a paste; gradually stir in remaining milk. Add to soup mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens a bit. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle bacon bits and parmesan cheese over each serving if desired.
- Enjoy!
So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). This thick and hearty minestrone soup freezes wonderfully! Thaw in the refrigerator the day before eating, then reheat on the stove until warm. How to Make Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup. If you want the minestrone soup to cook all day, here are the.
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