Maltese Minestra - Our wonderful vegetable soup!
Author: www.amaltesemouthful (Marlene Zammit)
Cuisine: Maltese
- 2 onions finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 potato diced
- 2 celery sticks chopped
- 1 kohl rahbi diced or 1 turnip diced
- 1 marrow or courgette chopped
- 1 choko chopped
- 400 grams pumpkin chopped
- Small bunch spinach chopped
- 2 handfuls broad beans (use frozen if fresh is unavailable)
- ¼ cauliflower chopped (use leaves also)
- ¼ cabbage chopped
- 1 vegetable stock cube crushed
- Boiled water to fill pot
- Small bunch parsley chopped
- 100 grams brown lentils (already cooked)
- Olive oil and salt and pepper
- 150 grams small pasta
- Hard cheese to serve (optional)
- In a large pot fry the onion for five minutes until soft.
- Add in the garlic and tomato paste and fry for a minute.
- Add all the other vegetables and crushed stock cube and fry for another five minutes.
- Fill the pot with boiled water until the vegetables have been covered.
- Season with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 1½ hours.
- Add in the lentils and pasta and cook for a further twenty minutes.
- Add in the parsley and serve.
- As an option garnish with hard cheese.
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/maltese-minestra-wonderful-vegetable-soup/
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