Pasta bean & vegetable soup.
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | millilitres | 2 tsp olive oil. |
| 1 | large | Onion peeled and chopped. |
| 2 | Carrots peeled and diced. | |
| 2 | Sticks celery chopped. | |
| 1 | Clove garlic crushed. | |
| 4 | Stalks parsley. | |
| 2 | Sprigs thyme. | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 1 | Piece lemon rind. | |
| 225 | grams | 8 oz white cabbage finely |
| Sliced | ||
| 100 | grams | 3,5 oz frozen peas. |
| 400 | grams | 14 oz chopped tinned |
| Tomatoes | ||
| 150 | grams | 5 oz tomato puree. |
| 400 | grams | 14 oz cooked Haricot beans. |
| 175 | grams | 6 oz macaroni. |
| 2 | Rashers of lean back bacon | |
| Cut into small pieces. | ||
| Ground black pepper. | ||
| 450 | millilitres | Three quarters pt water. |
Directions
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion carrots and celery until soft (about 8 minutes). Add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes Tie the parsley thyme bay leaf and lemon rind together with a piece of string to make a bouquet garni. Add the cabbage, peas, tomatoes, tomato puree beans, macaroni, bacon black pepper and bouquet garni to the pan with the water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the bouquet garni and serve.