This soup is served all winter long in the south of France and every cook has their own special version. Here's mine; it is my family's favorite!
Ingredients
4 potato
2 leeks, white and light green part only
8 oz fresh green bean
1 onion
4 Tbsp olive oil
4 carrot
4 celery stalk
4 zucchini
1 tsp salt
½ Tbsp pepper
2 cup canned diced tomato
4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
2 cup canned white beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup parmesan cheese
2 leeks, white and light green part only
8 oz fresh green bean
1 onion
4 Tbsp olive oil
4 carrot
4 celery stalk
4 zucchini
1 tsp salt
½ Tbsp pepper
2 cup canned diced tomato
4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
2 cup canned white beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup parmesan cheese
Directions
- Chop onions and leeks into small pieces of equal size
- Warm olive oil in a large stock pot over medium low heat
- Sweat the onions and leeks for 10 minutes until onions are translucent and leeks are tender
- Chop zucchini, carrots and celery into quarter inch pieces, cut the green beans into pea sized pieces
- Add to the onions along with salt and pepper
- Cover and sweat down for 15 minutes
- Add tomatoes and chicken stock; cover and simmer for 30 minutes
- Add the white beans and simmer for 10 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaf
½ cup olive oil
2 clove garlic
2 Tbsp pine nut
½ cup olive oil
2 clove garlic
2 Tbsp pine nut
Directions
- Pulse blend the basil, garlic Parmesan, pine nuts and ¼ C. olive oil
- Drizzle more olive oil as needed while pulse blending until you have a soft paste
- Stir pesto into the soup and serve with extra grated Parmesan or put the pesto in a bowl and have everyone add their own.
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