Description
You’ll love this Spring Vegetable Minestrone recipe. It’s a light, flavorful soup chock-full of flavor! Delicious, healthy, and easy to prepare!
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 2 large shallots (or 1 large onion), finely diced
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 cups diced carrots
- 1 1/2 cups diced potato (Yukon gold, red, Russett, etc.)
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 12 Italian parsley sprigs
- 8 fresh thyme sprigs (or 2 tsp. dried thyme)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup snow peas, stems trimmed and cut into 1/8″-wide slices
- half a bunch (1/2 lb.) asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into 1″ pieces
- 3 cups lightly packed spinach leaves
Optional garnishes:
- minced fresh tarragon
- parmesan cheese
- a slice of Italian bread or fresh-baked croutons
Instructions
- Heat oil in saucepan over medium-high heat. Add shallots (or onion), and saute 2 minutes, or until shallots begin to soften. Add wine, garlic and cayenne. Simmer 4 minutes.
- Add carrots, potato and celery, and saute 1 minute. Add broth and 4 cups of water. Tie together parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaves with kitchen twine, and add to soup. Season with salt and pepper. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 20 minutes.
- Stir in snow peas, asparagus and spinach. Cover, and simmer 5 minutes more. Remove herb bundle, and discard. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls, add garnish(es) if desired, and serve.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Vegetarian Times
I’ve had minestrone on the mind for a while now, and I think I’ll have to take your lead on this one. Spring soup is the best!
I’ve been trying really hard to get more vegetables into my diet – this looks like a great way!
I love minestrone and yours look really good indeed. very refreshing.
Now that soup looks yummy. Chow! :-)
Ali, I wanted to see if you might be interested in sharing this recipe or any others for the Savor the Season: Eating by the calendar in Kansas project. There is more info here:
http://www.ksfarmersmarkets.org/blog/looking-for-a-few-good-recipes
Fingers crossed!
How many cups or gallons does this recipe makes?
Very good and healthy. Easy to make
★★★★★