Vegetable Soup - (Minestrone Alla Genovese) - Liguria

• 1.25 liters water
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 small onion or 1/2 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 carrots, rinsed, ends removed, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 celerystalks, rinsed, ends removed and finely chopped
• 1 handful flat-leaf parsley, rinsed, dried, leaves removed and finely chopped
• 1 kilo vegetables, trimmed and cubed 1 cm dice: zucchini, peas, green beans, cabbage, chard, pumpkin, aubergine(peeled) and broad beans
• 2 small tomatoes
• 100 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• Parmigiano-Reggiano rind
• Coarse sea salt
• 150 grams cannellini or borlotti beans, raw, tinned or cooked
• 120 grams ditalini, broken spaghetti, broken lasagne, brokentagliatelle or macaroni
• 25 grams pesto

1. Bring the water to a boil and add the beans and all the vegetables except the cabbage. Cover the pot and when the water begins to boil, cook for another 10 minutes.
2. Add 100 mls extra-virgin olive oil, the parmigiano-reggiano rind and coarse sea salt. Cook for 5 minutes. Use a fork to mash up the vegetables a bit to make the soup slightly chunky.
3. Add the pasta and cabbage. Cook for another 10 minutes or the cooking time indicated on the pasta packaging. Adjust the seasonings and ladle into serving bowls. Place a small spoonful of pesto into each bowl and stir in. Drizzle a bit of olive oil over top. Serve.
4. NOTESrnVorwerk Thermomix Bimby instructions:rnrnPlace the onions, carrots, garlic and parsley into the mixing bowl and chop 8 sec/speed 7. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula. Remove from the bowl and set aside. rnrnAdd the water and cook 10 min/100C/Speed 1rnrnAdd all the vegetables (except the cabbage) and onion and carrot mixture to the water. Cook for 10 min/100C/reverse speed 1. Chop 6 sec/speed 4.rnrnAdd the salt, Parmesan rind and olive oil. 5 min/100C/reverse speed 1. Add the pasta and cabbage and cook 10 min/100C/reverse speed 1. Serve with the pesto and olive oil.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/36447-vegetable-soup-minestrone-alla-genovese-liguria (may not work)