Recipe For Minestrone Soup

• 1 olive oil x tbsp
• 4 3/8 ounces smoked bacon sliced finely or into thin strips
• 1 onion x large, chopped finely
• 3 garlic x large cloves of, chopped finely
• 3 celery x stalks of, chopped finely
• 3 carrots peeled and chopped finely
• 2 tomato puree x tbsp
• 1 fresh thyme leaves x tbsp of
• 2 tomatoes x large, chopped into 8ths
• 1 chopped tomatoes x tin of, 400gr / 14 oz.
• 1 kidney beans
• cannellini beans
• 1 cup macaroni or you can use spaghetti or other pasta broken into little pieces.
• 2 1/8 pints chicken stock
• 1/3 savoy cabbage shredded
• salt
• black pepper
• grated Parmesan Some finely, to serve

1. Heat the oil in a very large pan that has a close fitting lid. Then add the celery, bacon, onion, carrot and garlic. Fry this off for about 5 to 7 minutes until it has softened a little. No colour is needed on the vegetables, so make sure the heat isn't too high that they become brown, but high enough the vegetables sweat and soften.
2. Add the tomato puree and the thyme leaves, stir through and cook for about 30 seconds.
3. 3. Add the stock, the tin of tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, and a little salt and pepper. Stir everything through, set the heat so that your soup is on a gentle simmer, cover and cook for about 25 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked al dente.
4. Add the pasta and cook until the pasta is ready. Follow the timing instructions on the packet, but this is normally about 7 minutes.
5. Add the cabbage and the beans and cook until the cabbage has wilted. This will take about 5 minutes.
6. Check for seasoning and add some salt and pepper if needed before serving.
7. Sprinkle a little parmesan over each bowl of soup.

olive oil, bacon, onion, garlic, celery, carrots, tomato puruee, thyme, tomatoes, tomatoes, kidney beans, beans, macaroni, chicken, cabbage, salt, black pepper

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Recipe-for-Minestrone-Soup-1670361 (may not work)