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Minestrone Alla Milanese



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Minestrone Alla Milanese

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Posted by ADMIN at 09/26/2007 06:35 | 0 comments

Directions:

Trim green beans; cut into 1-inch pieces. Trim zucchini; cut into 1/2 inch
cubes. Peel potato; cut into 3/4 inch-cubes. Heat oil and butter in Dutch
oven over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 6 minutes until onions
are soft, but not brown. Stir in carrots and potato, cook for 5 minutes.
Add celery and green beans; cook for 5 more minutes. Then add zucchini;
cook for 3 minutes, and finally add cabbage and garlic and stir for 1
minute. Add broth, water and reserved tomato juice to pot. Add coarsely
chopped tomatoes to pot. Stir in salt, basil, rosemary, pepper and bay
leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours,
stirring occasionally. Add cannellini beans. Uncover pot and cook over
medium-low heat 30 minutes until soup thickens, stirring occasionally.
Remove bay leaf. Sprinkle freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top before
serving if desired.

Ingredients:

1/4 lb Green beans
2 md Zucchini
1 lg Potato
1/2 lb Cabbage -- coarsely
Shredded
1/3 c Olive oil
3 tb Butter
2 md Onions -- chopped
3 md Carrots -- coarsely chopped
3 Ribs celery -- coarsely
Chopped
1 Clove garlic -- minced
1 cn (28oz.)
Drain, reserve juice
3 1/2 c Beef broth
1 1/2 c Water
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Dried basil -- crushed
1/2 ts Dried rosemary -- crushed
1/4 ts Pepper
1 Bay leaf
1 cn (16 oz.) cannellini beans
Rinsed and drained
Italian plum tomatoes --

Serves:

8 Servings

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