Tomatoes, vegetables and stock or water simmered about twenty minutes over onion fried with carrot, celery and garlic, not blended; zucchini, cooked beans and small gluten-free pasta go in at the end. This is minestrone and homemade vegetable soup. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free pasta.
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
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Add the onion, celery and carrot and fry 7 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
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Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
To assemble
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Add the oregano and stir for a minute, until fragrant.
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Add the tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil.
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Turn down the heat and simmer 20 minutes.
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💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
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Add the zucchini and gluten-free pasta and cook 10 more minutes, until the gluten-free pasta is tender.
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💡Hard vegetables (carrots, celery, potatoes) cook from the start; zucchini and gluten-free pasta go in at the end so they don't fall apart.
💡Small pasta keeps absorbing liquid even after cooking: if you're not serving right away, cook it separately and add it to each bowl.
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Season with salt and black pepper, taste and adjust.
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Serve with the Parmesan.
310calories
9 gprotein
39 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 51%● fat 37%
Per serving (647 g), of 4 servings
For the Fried onion · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Celery: measured in pieces: one ≈ 40 g · 16 kcal per 100 g · More about Celery →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Carrots: measured in pieces: one ≈ 62 g · 41 kcal per 100 g · More about Carrots →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Dried oregano: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 1 g · 265 kcal per 100 g · More about Dried oregano →
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Large pot· Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
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Possible additions: Turmeric · Oregano · Dried basil · Cumin · Sweet paprika · Coriander seeds · Ground cardamom · Dried thyme · Ginger · Browned beef · Browned ground meat · Chicken in the pot before the liquids · Chicken frying time (3 minutes per side) · Carrot stir-fried before the liquids · Cabbage stir-fried before the liquids · Zucchini stir-fried before the liquids · Tomatoes · Tomato paste · Tomatoes cooked first (5) · Rosemary sprig (removed at the end) · Carrot with the tomatoes · Red bell pepper with the tomatoes · Potato with the tomatoes · Potatoes · Zucchini from the start of cooking · Cooked white beans · Carrot in the liquids · Green beans · Mushrooms · Kohlrabi · Squash · Celery in the liquids · Soy sauce · Vinegar (sweet-and-sour) · Sugar · Bay leaves · Stock · Water · Zucchini at the end · White beans at the end · Fennel stalk while cooking (removed) · Lemon peel while cooking (removed) · Fish fillet at the end · Cooked chickpeas before the pasta · Green peas at the end · Corn at the end · Celery at the end · Coconut milk at the end · Coconut milk with the liquids · Eggs cracked into the soup · Small pasta · Olive oil for the noodles · Cream at the end, not blended · Lemon juice at the end · Parsley on top · Cilantro on top · Dill on top · Parmesan for serving · Serving (with bread)