Minestrone is a delicious Italian vegetable soup. We will show you step by step how the stew is prepared.
| Prep Time | 40 minutes |
| Cook Time | 50 minutes |
| Servings | servings |
- 1 stick of leek
- 1 stalk of celery
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 medium-sized red onions
- 1 medium-sized savoy cabbage (small)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 125g ham cubes
- 1250ml vegetable broth
- 400g tomato (piece from the tin)
- 250g white beans (glass or tin)
- 50g noodles raw (small)
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
Ingredients
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- Peel the onion and garlic and finely dice. Wash the cabbage, clean and cut into small pieces or strips. Wash the celery, clean and cut into thin slices. Clean the leek, wash thoroughly and slice. Wash, clean, halve and slice the zucchini. Peel the carrot and cut into thin slices. Wash the peppers, cut in half, free from cores and white inner skins and dice to the mouth. Wash the beans and drain well. Steam the onion and garlic cubes in the hot oil. Add celery, leeks, beans and cabbage and deglaze with wine. Then add the tomato and broth. Boil and simmer for about 15 minutes. Then add the carrots, zucchini, peppers, saffron, marjoram and oregano to the soup, salt.
- Remove the leeks from the outer, withered leaves, then slice with the celery. Peel carrot and onion and dice. Remove the outer leaves of the spar and cut the rest into narrow strips. It is best to put several sheets on top of each other. Drain the beans, rinse briefly under running water, then drain and put everything aside.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan (or a pan, with a lid). Then add the ham cubes, sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to half strength, then add leek, onions, carrots and celery and simmer for about 6 minutes.
- Add the vegetable stock and canned tomatoes. If the tomato pieces are too big, cut them to size. The whole with the lid closed for about 20 minutes to simmer.
- Add the beans and pasta, cook until the pasta is done.
- Sprinkle the savoy cabbage on the soup, close the lid, simmer the cabbage until firm. Pluck the basil from the stems, tear or chop them and then sprinkle over the minestrone. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
- Finally sprinkle the parsley over it, season to taste and serve on soup plates.
These ingredients make the minestrone so healthy:
Basil
The herb contains the same enzymes as the anti-inflammatory drugs ibuprofen and Tylenol. In addition, a lot of beta-carotene and vitamin C are in the leaves. Both have an antioxidant effect, thus preventing cell damage and, in the long term, strokes. Because of its magnesium and potassium content, basil protects against cardiac arrhythmias.
Leek
As a breakdown product in the metabolism, uric acid is produced – especially if you eat a lot of meat and fish. Especially men often excrete too little of it. The excess then deposits in the form of crystals in the tissue and in the joints and can lead to long-term gout. Leeks with its share of potassium and folic acid helps you to eliminate uric acid.
Carrots
Carrot nibblers do it right! The root vegetables provide plenty of fiber, thus indirectly improving the cholesterol level. Fiber binds in the intestine primary bile acids, which consist partly of cholesterol. They are eliminated. To build up new acids, cholesterol from the cells is used again, which reduces the LDL cholesterol level.
Tomatoes
Lycopene, the red plant pigment that belongs to the carotenoids, plays a role in the defense against various cancers. Prostate cancer risk drops by 28 percent when consumed regularly, according to a study by Harvard Medical School. Lycopene sits firmly in the cells and is easier for the body to process when it comes from pre-cooked canned food.
Red onions
From the amino acids of the onion, the body produces glutathione. This protein helps to flush caffeine and other impulsive substances out of the body. Onions are also a good source of the flavonoid quercetin. The antioxidant acts like an antihistamine, relieves inflammation of the lungs and respiratory tract, fights allergies, for example hay fever.
Savoy cabbage
The ribbed cabbage is full of vitamins, minerals and glucosinolates. These phytochemicals are responsible for the typical cabbage taste, but above all suppress their degradation products that form malignant cells in the body, which can cause cancer in the long term. Another positive effect: savoy cabbage cleanses your gastrointestinal tract.
