Name: Rustic minestrone
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon olive oil; 1 leek, washed and sliced; 1 red onion, sliced; 2 carrots, peeled, halved and sliced; 2 celery stalks, sliced; 2 potatoes, peeled and diced; 1 zucchini, quartered and sliced; handful mushrooms, sliced; 1 litre ham stock; 400 gram tin diced tomatoes; 2/3 cup tubetti pasta; 400 gram tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 1 cup shredded ham from the hock

Rustic minestrone

This delicious and rustic minestrone recipe is loaded with incredible flavour and is wonderful enjoyed for a comforting and warming weeknight meal during those cold winter evenings

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

35M

Total

45M

Ingredients

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 leek, washed and sliced

1 red onion, sliced

2 carrots, peeled, halved and sliced

2 celery stalks, sliced

2 potatoes, peeled and diced

1 zucchini, quartered and sliced

handful mushrooms, sliced

1 litre ham stock

400 gram tin diced tomatoes

2/3 cup tubetti pasta

400 gram tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup shredded ham from the hock

Method

1.Heat oil in saucepan, add vegetables and gently fry for 5 mins.

2.Add stock and tomatoes and bring to the boil. Turn down heat and simmer gently for 20 mins. Add tubetti and simmer for another 10 mins. Add cannellini beans and ham and through. Ladle into bowls and serve.