Minestrone Soup
Charlie Carbone was a soup man. "He would live on soups during lent," Guy remembers. "We kids would go crazy because we didn't want to give up meat."
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup diced salt pork
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 head cabbage shredded
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 12 cups beef stock
- 1/2 cup tubetini macaroni
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- salt and pepper
- parmesan cheese
Method
- Cook the salt pork in oil; add the garlic and brown. Discard the garlic.
- Add the celery, onion, carrots, and cabbage to the pot. Sauté over medium heat for 15 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and beef stock and cook gently on low for 15 minutes.
- Add the pasta and chickpeas and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Top with parmesan cheese.
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