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serving minestrone with pesto

Minestrone Alla Genovese With Pesto

Alessia
If you've never tried adding pesto to your minestrone, you'll be delighted to know this one ingredient changes everything! It's so good.
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 5 starter
Calories 240 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 chopping knife
  • 1 vegetable peeler
  • 1 bowl
  • 1 silicone spoon
  • 1 teaspoon
  • 1 tablespoon

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Peel and cut the onion, sliced thinly.
    minestrone with pesto ingredients
  • Peel and cut the potatoes, diced.
  • Peel and cut the carrot, diced.
  • Peel and cut the zucchini, larger pieces.
  • Sauté all the veggies you cut in Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil with the celery stalks cut into half.
    vegetables for minestrone with pesto
  • Add the fagiolino, mix everything and let them sauté for a few more minutes.
    stir frying vegetables for minestrone with pesto
  • Prepare the stock, melting it into some water and add it to the veggies. Then cover them with water.
  • Simmer for 50 minutes.
    simmering minestrone with pesto
  • Then add the pesto, and mix well. Let it simmer for another 10 minutes.
    adding pesto to minestrone genovese
  • Serve with some crusty bread and black pepper. It's so delicious! Buon appetito.
    traditional minestrone with pesto

Notes

The calories above are for a starter portion without the bread.
Keyword minestrone, pesto