Hearty Minestrone

Overview

🍽️ Serving Size: 6-8

👩‍🍳 Cooks in the Kitchen: Maia

🔪 Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min, 🍳 Cook Time: 2 hr (includes 1 hr hands-off time)

⏱️ Total Time: 3 hr 30 min

Ingredients

• Salt and pepper
• 8 oz (1¼ cups) dried cannellini or great Northern beans, picked over and rinsed
• 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for serving
• 3 oz pancetta, cut into ¼-in pieces
• 2 celery ribs, cut into ½-in pieces
• 1 carrot, peeled and cut into ½-in pieces
• 1 zucchini, cut into ½-in pieces
• ½ small head green cabbage, cored and cut into ½-in pieces (2 cups)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄8 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 Parmesan cheese rind (optional), plus grated Parmesan for serving
• 1½ cups V8 juice
• ½ cup chopped fresh basil

Cooking Details

I forgot to do the first rinse for the beans. I used 4 oz pancetta instead of 3 oz. I cut eight baby carrots into fourths.

Food Review

The soup turned out good, but it was a little gritty. I’m not sure if forgetting to rinse the beans initially, the Parmesan rind, or something else caused that.