Classic Minestrone Soup Con Pesto Alla Genovese

75 minutes Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 60 minutes

588 calories per serving view nutrition facts

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3	tablespoons	olive oil
2	each	onions	diced
2	each	carrots	chopped
2	each	leeks	whites only, chopped
2	each	celery stalks	chopped
2	each	potatoes	diced
1	cup	beans, dried	soaked and cooked but still hard
1	large	eggplant	skinned and diced
2	cups	chicken broth	hot
4	cups	water	boiling
1	x	salt and black pepper
2	each	tomatoes	diced
1 1/2	cups	cabbage	diced
1 1/2	cups	spinach	diced
1 1/2	cups	zucchini	diced
3/4	cup	pasta	raw
3	tablespoons	pesto, prepared	heaping

Pesto
1 1/2	cups	basil	fresh
1	clove	garlic
1	x	parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated	or romano cheese
3	tablespoons	pine nuts	or walnuts
1/2	cup	olive oil

In olive oil sauté till soft onions, leeks, carrots, celery, and potatoes.

Add dry beans, eggplant and cook down.

Add chicken broth, water, salt, pepper, tomatoes and cook for about 1 hour covered.

Add cabbage, spinach, zucchini.

Add pasta.

If too thick add more chicken broth.

When done add pesto sauce.

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Serving Size 742g

Amount per Serving

Calories 588 66% of calories from fat