Minestrone
Thick soup of Italian origin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Minestra" redirects here. For the similar Minestra maritata soup, see Wedding soup.
Minestrone (/ˌmɪnəsˈtroʊni/, Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with meats, vegetables, and pasta. Ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, leaf vegetables, stock, parmesan cheese and tomatoes.
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Type | Soup |
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Course | Lunch or dinner |
Place of origin | Italy |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Vegetables (beans, onions, celery, carrots, tomatoes), stock or water, often pasta or rice |
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There is no set recipe for minestrone, since it can usually be made out of whatever meat and vegetables are at one's disposal. It contains animal bone-based stock (such as chicken stock). Food author Angelo Pellegrini claimed that the base of minestrone is bean broth, and that borlotti beans (also called Roman beans) "are the beans to use for genuine minestrone".[1]