Pistou Soup

Name: Pistou Soup
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H30M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H40M0.000S
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 cup/4 ounces/110 g carrots, diced; 1 cup/4 ounces/110 g green beans, cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm pieces; 1 potato, peeled and diced; 4 cups/1 liter vegetable water or stock; Salt and freshly ground pepper; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 bay leaf; 1 fresh thyme sprig; 1 cup cooked white kidney beans; 1 cup zucchini, diced small; 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced; Pesto, for garnish; Parmesan, for garnish

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Level: Easy
Total: 40 min

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min

Yield: 6 servings

Level: Easy
Total: 40 min

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, chopped

1 cup/4 ounces/110 g carrots, diced

1 cup/4 ounces/110 g green beans, cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm pieces

1 potato, peeled and diced

4 cups/1 liter vegetable water or stock

Salt and freshly ground pepper

1 bay leaf

1 fresh thyme sprig

1 cup cooked white kidney beans

1 cup zucchini, diced small

2 tomatoes, seeded and diced

Pesto, for garnish

Parmesan, for garnish

Directions

Heat the oil in a saute pan and gently cook the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, green beans and potatoes. Pour in the vegetable water or stock. Season with salt and pepper and add the bay leaf and thyme. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the kidney beans and zucchini and continue cooking until all the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes longer. Stir in the tomatoes.
Ladle the soup into bowls. (Remove the bay leaf and thyme sprig.) Add a spoonful of pesto to each bowl and grate Parmesan over each serving.