Saturday, 17 March 2007

Pistou - easy version

1 courgette diced
1 small potato diced
1 shallot chopped
1 carrot diced
225g can chopped tomatoes
1.2 litres vegetable stock
50g french green beans in 1 cm lengths
50g frozen petits pois
50g small pasta shapes
60-90m of pesto home or readay made
15ml of sun dried tomato paste
salt, pepper
parmesan cheese

Put courgette, potato, shallot, carrot, tomatoes in a large pan. Add vegetable stock, salt, pepper, boil, simmer for 20mins. Add french beans, petits pois and pasta shapes & cook until pasta etc tender. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Put soup into bowls, mix pesto and sun dried tomato paste together and then stir into soup (note - pesto etc added after cooking). Hand round parmesan cheese to add on.

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