Spring Minestrone

Submitted by katew

"This is a lovely bowl of soup for a chilly night - the recipe is from a magazine called Delicious"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 300 g cheese tortellini or 300 g spinach tortellini, etc
• 400 g drained cannellini beans
• 3⁄4 cup frozen peas
• 3 tablespoons basil pesto, and extra
• basil pesto, to serve
• shaved parmesan cheese, to serve

directions

1. Heat oil and cook onion till soft.
2. Add carrot and cook 2 more minutes.
3. Add stock and bring to boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add tortellini and simmer for 8 minutes.
6. Add peas and beans and simmer for 3 minutes.
7. Stir in pesto.
8. Serve with parmesan and more pesto.

Reviews

[Starrynews]

Nice and filling! I used spinach ravioli, and the pesto provided a wonderful flavor. Thanks for sharing!

 

[AmandaInOz]

This will make fantastic lunches for the week! I did need to add about 3/4 cup of water because there was very little liquid. For the pasta I used spinach and ricotta agnolotti, and it really complemented the pesto well. Overall, a quick yummy soup! Thanks Kate!

 

[Brenda.]

This was so easy to make and the flavor was delicious! I used whole wheat tortellini. The basil pesto really flavored the soup nicely. Thanks for sharing katew, we enjoyed this very much :) Nick's Mom

 

[Sageca]

This was such a great meal on a bowl.Wow!...We had never had cheese tortellini before;I didn't knew how to serve them. Now I know and My DH made me promise to make this meal again. I always have pesto in the freezer leftover from last summer's basil crop.I served with oatmeal bread fresh from the oven.Thank you so much for posting. Rita