Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, borlotti bean minestrone. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Borlotti Bean Minestrone is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Borlotti Bean Minestrone is something which I have loved my entire life.

Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. This is a classic minestrone that incorporates Savoy cabbage, borlotti beans, parmesan, and fresh herbs. My mother used to make similar soups when I was growing up and this version is one of my favorite comfort foods.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have borlotti bean minestrone using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Borlotti Bean Minestrone:

1. Make ready carrots, peeled and chopped
2. Take smoked back bacon, trimmed of fat and chopped
3. Take tomato puree
4. Prepare cherry tomatoes, halved
5. Make ready chicken stock
6. Make ready spaghetti, broken
7. Prepare basil, finely shredded
8. Get parmesan (optional)
9. Make ready onions, peeled and chopped
10. Take celery stick, trimmed and chopped
11. Prepare thyme sprigs
12. Prepare bay leaf
13. Prepare 400g tins of borlotti beans, rinsed and drained

This is even better when it has had longer for the flavours to combine, so make it up to this stage in advance or even in a slow cooker. This colourful minestrone, brimming with borlotti beans, is the perfect soup for bridging the seasons. Borlotti beans are the most cultivated in our country and are particularly loved for their ability to absorb flavors. For this reason, borlotti beans are perfect for preparing soups, minestrone, but above all pasta and beans.

Steps to make Borlotti Bean Minestrone:

1. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan and add the onions, carrots, celery and some seasoning. Stir frequently over a medium high heat for 6-8 minutes until the vegetables are beginning to soften. Add the thyme, bay leaf and bacon. Increase the heat slightly and cook, stirring, for another 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and cook for another minute.
2. Tip in the vitality beans and cherry tomatoes, then pour in the chicken stock or water to cover. Bring to a gentle simmer. Add the spaghetti and cook for 10 minutes. Season.
3. Once served, scatter over shredded basil, olive oil and a little parmesan.

Borlotti beans are widely used in Italian cooking and have a sweetish flavour with. Borlotti beans are the classic bean in the soup, but you can use any type of beans or lentils: cannellini, Northern beans, etc. Or any other small pasta: ditalini, fregola, farfalline. Minestrone can also be made with rice. Adds a little kick at the end.

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