Herman's Summer Minestrone
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb shelled fresh cranberry beans
- 1⁄2 lb fresh green beans, sliced on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces
- 1 lb fresh tomato, blanched, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 2 small red onions, sliced
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 1⁄2 lb yellow squash, cut into half moons
- 1⁄2 lb zucchini, cut into half moons
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley, 1 generous handful
- 1⁄4 lb pasta, any small shape (ditalini, elbows, shells, orchiette, etc)
- 1 parmesan rind
- olive oil
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, to taste
- 1⁄4 cup grated pecorino romano cheese, to taste
directions
- Put the onion, chopped parsley and a little olive oil in a stock pot and sauté gently for just a few minutes.
- Add the stock, the cranberry beans, the tomatoes and the Parmesan rind. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the beans are tender. Skim off any foam that might rise to the surface.
- Add the green beans, the yellow squash, the zucchini and the pasta and return to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the pasta is cooked and the green beans tender. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve and top with a generous spoon of pesto, a drizzle of olive oil, some grinds of black pepper and the grated cheese on the side.
- Aliza Green, whose recipe served as the basis for this one, serves her Summer Minestrone with zucchini blossoms stirred in just before serving – if you have them, do it! Borage is also a traditional flavouring.
- Leeks, mushrooms, celery, carrots, potatoes, eggplant, fava beans and greens are all to be found in other minestrone recipes, so substitute in vegetables as you like.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!