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Spring minestrone soup with pesto
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Spring minestrone soup with pesto

11 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 6 openrecipes
Spring minestrone soup with pesto

This light and summery soup makes the most of springtime vegetables, don't forget a dollop of pesto on top.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

733
Calories
34g
Protein
41g
Fat
60g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Savoy Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 40g/1½oz butter
  • 2 large onions
  • 1 leek
  • 250g/9oz potatoes, peeled and finely chopped
  • 3 sticks celery
  • 150g/5oz savoy cabbage
  • 2 litres/3pints 10½fl oz beef or vegetable stock
  • 400g/14oz can Italian chopped tomatoes
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp green basil pesto

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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