Italian Recipe - Minestrone Soup

This must be my favorite Italian recipe of all, Minestrone soup.  Its classic and amazing.  We'll start with the ingredients.

Ingredients

3 garlic cloves

2 large carrots

3 large onions

1 large potatoe

3oz green beans

3oz zucchini

4 tbsp butter

1/4 cup olive oil

2oz diced bacon

6 cups chicken stock

1 bunch chopped basil

3 1/2 oz chopped tomatoes

2 tbsp tomatoe paste

3oz parmesan cheese peel

3oz broken up dried spaghetti

salt, pepper, and grated Parmesan to season

Italian Cooking

So to make this great Italian recipe, follow these steps:

1. Finely chop the garlic, carrots, celery, onions, potatoes, green beans, and zucchini.
2. Heat the butter and oil in a large pan and add the bacon.  Cook for 2 minutes.  Add onions and garlic and fry for two minutes, then stir in the other chopped ingredients and fry for 2 more minutes.
3. Add the green beans and zucchini and fry for 2 minutes while stirring.
4. Cover the pan and cook for 15 min, stirring often.
5. Add the stock, basil, tomatoe paste, tomatoes, and cheese peel, and season to taste.  Boil, then simmer for 1 hour.  Remove the cheese peel.
6. Cook spaghetti seperately.  (boil water, etc)
7. Add noodles, and serve, with grated parmesan to taste.
   

And thats it, pretty simple over all. Minestrone soup, another great Italian recipe!