This is a great base for making a quick minestrone at home and really convenient if you’re away in the camper van. Simply add any extra root vegetables you fancy and soft vegetables, peas, spinach or kale towards the end of cooking.
All these ingredients came from Waitrose and cost Ā£7.30 to serve 4
Ingredients:
- 400g pack of soffritto mix
- 410g tin borlotti beans
- 310g pack of prosciutto cappelletti
- 350g cherry tomato and basil sauce
- 1 low salt vegetable stock cube
- 1 handful of chopped fresh parsley
Step by step:
1. Add a low salt stock cube to 700ml of water and bring to the boil.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large pan. Add the soffritto mix with a pinch of salt and ground black pepper. Soften over a medium heat for 10 minutes.
3. Stir in a can of drained and rinsed borlotti beans and add tomato sauce plus the 700ml of stock. Bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add the cappelletti and cook for another 5 minutes.
5. Check the seasoning and add chopped parsley or basil
Tips
Add any extra root vegetables at step 3 and any soft vegetables at step 4
This recipe makes more of a stew consistency, simply add a bit more stock or hot water to thin the minestrone
HEAL 