How to make minestrone
Food • Soups
A hearty Italian soup, minestrone is great for lunch or as a starter for a meal. Learn how to whip up a bowl of homemade minestrone.
To Italians, minestrone means "big soup." In other words, it's a soup with lots of different things in it, especially pasta, beans, and vegetables. We will need navy beans, chicken broth, carrots, potatoes, whole peeled or chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic clove, celery, zucchini, salt, black pepper, herbes de provence, thin spaghetti, basil pesto or parmesan cheese.