Minestrone

Name: Minestrone
Prep time: 8
Cook time: 25
Total time: 33
Yield: 4
Ingredients: onions, peeled and cut into 4; garlic clove, peeled; smoked bacon, cut into cubes; olive oil; carrots, peeled, cut into 0.5 cm cubes; waxy potatoes, peeled, cut into 0.5 cm cubes; green celery, cut into 0.5 cm cubes; courgettes, cut into 0.5 cm cubes; tinned chopped tomatoes; white beans, drained; vegetable stock; bay leaf; water; shell-shaped pasta, uncooked; pepper; salt

KitchenAid Chef

Duration

Total33min

Prep8min

Cooking25min

Tools

CookProcessorCookProcessor

Ingredients

Serving

120 g: onions, peeled and cut into 4
1: garlic clove, peeled
100 g: smoked bacon, cut into cubes
2 tbsp: olive oil
120 g: carrots, peeled, cut into 0.5 cm cubes
120 g: waxy potatoes, peeled, cut into 0.5 cm cubes
2 sticks: green celery, cut into 0.5 cm cubes
120 g: courgettes, cut into 0.5 cm cubes
200 g: tinned chopped tomatoes
100 g: white beans, drained
2 cubes: vegetable stock
1: bay leaf
1 l: water
100 g: shell-shaped pasta, uncooked
: pepper
: salt

Step by step

Insert the 'MultiBlade' into the bowl. Add the onion and garlic. Close the lid and press Pulse for 5 seconds. Open and scrape down. Replace the 'MultiBlade' with the 'StirAssist'. Add the olive oil and bacon to the bowl. Close but remove the measuring cup. Select BOIL P3 and press Start. Step 1 shows on the display. Press Start to confirm.
After Step 1: Add all other ingredients except for the pasta. Close the lid but take out the measuring cup. Press Start to activate Step 2.
After Step 2: add the pasta. Close the lid but take out the measuring cup. Press Start to activate Step 3. Season with pepper and salt. Serve hot. Delicious when served with grated Parmesan, a spoonful of green pesto (see recipe) and thick slices of multigrain bread.
If you are using pasta requiring a longer cooking time, adjust the time in Step 3.