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Go Green: Tomato-Free Tortelloni Minestrone Recipe

Go Green: Tomato-Free Tortelloni Minestrone Recipe
Nigella Lawson•

There's no recipe that British cookbook author and TV host Nigella Lawson can't handle, which is why we were particularly excited to receive her new book. First up, a green tortelloni minestrone that doesn't miss the tomatoes.

There is no type of minestrone I don't like, but a green minestrone — one unsullied by tomatoes — is my favorite. The recipe that follows is a remarkably low-effort version with a generous yield: a minor episode of chopping is the prelude to a warming and sustaining meal for many.

Reprinted with permission from Nigellissima: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes

Go Green: Tomato-Free Tortelloni Minestrone Recipe
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Go Green: Tomato-Free Tortelloni Minestrone Recipe
Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons garlic-flavored oil
  • leaves from a few sprigs of thyme
  • 3 cups frozen petits pois
  • 2 leeks
  • 1 baking potato
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 2 large zucchini
  • 8 ounces green beans
  • 8 cups cold water
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 15-ounce cans cannellini or flageolet beans
  • 1 pound fresh spinach-and-ricotta tortelloni
  • leaves from a small bunch of basil
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
Directions
  1. Warm the oil in a large, heavy saucepan (that has a lid), stirring in the thyme.
  2. Add the peas and turn them in the garlic-flavored oil, then tip in the prepared leeks, potato, celery, zucchini and green beans and stir in the heat of the pan.
  3. Pour in the water, add the salt, put the lid on the pan and let come to a boil, then – you will have to keep an eye, or certainly an ear, on it to tell when – remove the lid and let everything bubble cheerfully for 10-15 minutes or until the vegetables – check the potato particularly – are tender. You could let the soup stand at this stage; if I’m planning to press forward within an hour or so, I put the lid on to keep in the heat; otherwise it is better to let it cool swiftly before reheating.
  4. Remove 3 ladlefuls of soup mixture, trying to scoop up more vegetables and less liquid, and tip into a blender (or a large bowl if you’re using an immersion blender) and set this aside.
  5. Add the drained, rinsed cannelloni or flageolet beans to the pan and bring back to a boil, then add the tortelloni and bring it all up to a boil again. Turn off the heat.
  6. Add the basil and Parmesan to the reserved vegetables in your blender or bowl and whizz to a vibrant green purée, then scrape this back into the pan, stirring it into the soup. Let it stand for 10-15 minutes before eating.
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