Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, minestrone with pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

When ready to serve the soup, combine the basil and pine nuts with a pinch of salt in a food processor. Just before serving, swirl the pesto into the soup, and serve with a sprinkling of grated cheese. Serve with a dollop of pesto and bit of grated Parmesan.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook minestrone with pesto using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Minestrone with pesto:

1. Prepare stock or water
2. Prepare olive oil
3. Take onion, finely chopped
4. Get leek, sliced
5. Take carrots, finely chopped
6. Make ready celery stick, finely chopped
7. Take garlic cloves, finely chopped
8. Prepare potatoes, peeled and cut into small dice
9. Prepare bay leaf
10. Prepare sprig fresh thyme
11. Prepare peas, fresh or frozen
12. Take courgettes, finely chopped
13. Get tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped
14. Get cooked or canned beans, such as cannellini
15. Make ready pesto sauce
16. Prepare freshed parmesan cheese, to serve salt and ground black pepper

Minestrone with Basil Pesto Recipe courtesy of Martha Stewart's Cooking School Prepare Martha Stewart's minestrone soup recipe with basil pesto for a comforting meal. Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Using a pestle, and working in a circular motion, grind the ingredients together until a dense, thick green paste forms. This fire roasted minestrone soup is like a huge in a bowl.

Instructions to make Minestrone with pesto:

1. In a large sauce pan, heat the stock or water untip it reaches simmering point
2. In another saucepan heat the olive oil. Stir in the onion and leek, and cook for 5-6 minutes, or until the onion softens.
3. Add the carrots, celery and garlic, and cook over a moderate heat, stirring often, for a further 5 minutes. Add the potatoes and cook for further 2-3 minutes.
4. Pour in the hot stock water, and stir well. Add the bay leaf and thyme and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat slightly, leave to cook for 10-12 minutes more.
5. Stir in the peas, if fresh, and the finely chopped courgettes and simmer for a further 5 minute. Add the frozen peas, if using, and the chopped tomatoes. Cover the pan, bring slowly to the boil, bring slowly to the boil, then mixture for about 5-8 minutes.
6. About 20 minutes before serving the minestrone, remove the lid, and stir in the beans. Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the pesto sauc. Taste and ajust the seasoning if necessary. Simmer for a further 5 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat. Allow the soup to stand for few minutes, to bring out the flavours, then serve in warmed bowls. Serve the parmesan separately.

Chock full of vegetables, fire roasted tomatoes and butter beans, the bowl is topped off with a delicious kale pesto that adds even more flavor. Satisfying, healthy and perfect for dinner! With two convenience foods–precooked chicken sausage and refrigerated basil pesto–you can turn ordinary canned minestrone soup into a lunch or dinner that's satisfying and unique. That super concentrated flavor of tomato pesto is exactly what minestrone soup needs. Plus, the basil, parmesan, and pine nuts in the pesto add such a great, full-bodied flavor to the soup.

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