Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

you'll need -

1. 1 Onion

2. 1 Carrot

3. 1 Stick of Celery

4. 2 tbsp Olive Oil

5. 6 cups (3pt/1.7 litre) Water

6. Salt & Freshly Ground Black Pepper

7. 8 oz/225 g Fresh Spinach

8. 2 Tomatoes

9. 4 oz/100g Short-Cut Macaroni

10. 2 Cloves Garlic, crushed

11. 2 tbsp Freshly Chopped Parsley

12. 1 tsp Freshly Chopped Rosemary

13. 2 oz/50g Parmesan Cheese, grated

Preparation

• Slice the onion, carrot and celery into thick matchsticks.

• Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan and fry the strips of vegetable, stirring occasionally, until they are just going brown. Add the water, salt and pepper and simmer for 20 minutes.

• Now wash the spinach leaves and cut them into shreds. Add them to the soup and cook for 10 minutes.

• Peel the tomatoes and chop them roughly, discard the seeds. Add the tomatoes, macaroni, garlic, parsley and rosemary to the soup and simmer for a further 10 minutes then adjust the seasoning to taste.

• Garnish with the grated parmesan.